Thursday, September 12, 2019

The 1985 Listening Post - Arcadia - So Red the Rose

Arcadia - So Red the Rose


#462/1095
November 18 1985
Arcadia
So Red the Rose
Genre: SynthRock
2.25 out of 5



Yet another Duran Duran spinoff band? Only this is one I’ve never heard of, have you?
It’s weird. It’s like if you took everything about DD and then stripped out the accessibility and likability and songwriting craft you’d be left with this. And I think that’s the point. I applaud the experimentation. But it’s not much ado about nothing. The second, moodier side is better than the first, where they can’t get out of their own way.


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