Eileen Rose & The Holy Wreck

At Our Tables

Released through Evangeline on Sept 8^th (includes exclusive live disc!)

Vocal delivery that switches between a female version of Chris Robinson and a more airy Stevie Nicks, this is a brave, challenging album.
THE INDEPENDENT

Eileen Rose shows the single-minded spirit and intensity of Ani DiFranco, full of attitude and gritty, evocative portrayals of life on an emotional knife-edge
MOJO 

Like Lucinda Williams but with softer edges, Rose fuses country, honky-tonk and smoldering pop into something all her own.
TIME

Boston's Eileen Rose has recorded an exceptional album that deserves to make her huge...as much bite as PJ Harvey
BLOOMBERG

Eileen Rose is set to release her fourth album At Our Tables through Evangeline Records. Opening a new chapter in her already impressive career, she has now taken her music to Detroit, tracking down the city's deep-rooted musical soul and making it all her own. Aided by seasoned producers Al Sutton (Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock, Detroit Cobras, Electric Six), and Eric Hoegemeyer (Charm Farm, Kid Rock, Uncle Kracker), plus members of Sponge, Detroit Cobras, and her own Holy Wreck(ing) crew, Eileen has recorded her most accomplished record, yet; a joyous celebration of the accidents of life, love and human nature.

Both her debut album, Shine Like It Does (2000), and the follow up Long Shot Novena (2002) were met with ecstatic reviews. UK magazines like MOJO, Uncut, and Time Magazine rated the songwriter as ‘sensational, powerful, genuinely moving’ and ‘mesmeric’. In between such releases she also featured on Alabama 3’s single ‘Wade Into The Water’

Come the Storm (2005) - the homecoming album - saw her moving away from her Alt-Country roots and exploring new roads into the great wide-open. Intense and emotional, it showed a songwriter growing up in public. Every song proved a sharp and colourful observation of loss, love and the highs and lows in life. Needless to say, it was met with excellent reviews. 

The same voice of experience haunts the songs on At our Tables. This new album shows Eileen at the top of her game. A decisive factor influencing the mood of the album was the choice to record it away from her Boston roots, in the tough, industrial metropole of Detroit, a place which combines the musical heritage of classic Motown soul with the brutal, in your face honesty of rock revolutionaries like the MC5 and the White Stripes. Involving top producers Al Sutton and Eric Hoegemeyer proved to be a stroke of genius as they added lots of layers, colours, rhythmic complexities and programmed sounds, bringing the basic songs to a deeper level.

The aforementioned Holy Wreck is Eileen’s band which now features the legendary guitarist Rich Gilbert, best known for his work with Frank Black & The Catholics and Human Sexual Response. Despite being hero-worshipped for his slash and burn, punk influenced rock performances, by the late 90’s Gilbert revealed a surprising side in his love for country music. In Eileen’s own words “The Holy Wreck were the core players in the studio. It’s one of the things that make this album the most well-realized of all my records”.

It is fitting that Eileen eventually stumbled upon the album title in Michigan, when picking up a book that was lying on the table at the house she was staying in. The book (“For One More Day”, by Detroit author Mitch Albom), had an opening quote which read: “The Dead sit at our tables long after they have gone.” It resonated with her, coming from a close-knit family where everyone is getting older and facing progressively more losses. “Our circle of folks sitting around the kitchen table drinking and making fun of each other is getting smaller. But still, it feels like everyone is still there. In many ways for better or for worse. These songs are full of conversations, pleas, compliments, explanations, rebukes, white flags, inside jokes, thank-you’s, last words, and apologies to both the living and the dead.

At our Tables is an album about people. Living and dead. Real and fictional. Sad and joyful. Loud and quiet. Angry and thankful. It’s an album about you and me and a companion for life that will always be welcome.