North Carolina singer/songwriter Rosali has signed to Merge Records and will release the followup to 2021’s great No Medium on the label in 2024. Her first release for the label is a cover of George Harrison‘s “Stuck Inside A Cloud” from George Harrison’s posthumous album Brainwashed. Rosali says:
I’m so honored and excited to join the Merge family and to share our cover of George Harrison’s “Stuck Inside a Cloud.” Written as he was dying from cancer, the song appeared on his posthumous album, Brainwashed. It’s a questioning, honest song that’s full of grace, seemingly about living the strange awareness of his deteriorating health and the meaning of our existence. Produced by my longtime collaborator and bandmate James Schroeder, we gave the cover a dreamy synth-pop treatment reminiscent of Julee Cruise and Broadcast. Recorded in the early months of the pandemic, the song feels all the more relevant as we continue to confront the death and confusion of that time. I hope you enjoy it, and I can’t wait to share my new songs.
Listen to the cover below. Rosali also just released a solo electric guitar album as Edsel Axle, Variable Happiness, earlier this month.
Rosali — 2023 Tour Dates
Sep 04 Asheville, NC – Burial Beer
Sep 06 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Sep 07 Charlottesville, VA – The Southern
Sep 08 Raleigh, NC – The Pour House (Hopscotch Music Festival)
Sep 09 Atlanta, GA – The Earl