{"product_id":"caroline-rose-gentling-the-horse-at-the-walt-whitman-mall","title":"Caroline Rose - Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall","description":"\u003cp\u003eFishtailing across a trimmed sod lawn, the parking lot of a box-store strip mall, a fast food drive-thru––it’s a hyperreal Americana fantasy that calls \u003cstrong\u003eCaroline Rose\u003c\/strong\u003e (she\/they) home on \u003cem\u003eGentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall\u003c\/em\u003e. The release doubles as the debut of SUCK records, the LA based artist’s own imprint—a fitting next form for an enigmatic musician whose work resists settling into one shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall\u003c\/em\u003e stretches the ordinary into the uncanny. The record pairs sharply observed, memoiristic songwriting with expansive guitar textures that render the everyday with violent clarity and mythic scale. Beneath its melodic sweep and signature hooks runs a current of violence and American dream leakage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s \u003cstrong\u003eEnnio Morricone\u003c\/strong\u003e with an AR15: surf guitars, spaghetti westerns, and suburban dread colliding until they become their own sharp vernacular. Reality is unstable, so we’ll keep telling stories—and for Rose, the sinister slickness of the everyday grows a new head.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking with producer \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Congleton\u003c\/strong\u003e, Rose built the record through humor, layering, and instinct rather than polish. Songs like \u003cem\u003eConversations with Shiv\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGoddamn Train\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eEverything in its Right Place\u003c\/em\u003e were recorded in studio for the first time, with sessions that prized first impulses over perfection. The result is panoramic but never precious—songs that feel meticulously constructed while always threatening to mutate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the last six years, Rose’s music has evolved alongside their work organizing around stronger labor protections and collective bargaining rights for musicians and crews. Creative and political practice have increasingly become the same project as Rose’s career has taken on its hyper-independent form. Those concerns echo throughout \u003cem\u003eGentling the Horse\u003c\/em\u003e. Its landscapes are populated by inherited systems that feel absurd yet inescapable, where humor becomes a survival tactic and satire reveals the quiet violence embedded in everyday American life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstore Event\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo celebrate the release of their new LP \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpindizzy Records \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewelcomes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaroline Rose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for a very special in-store performance and signing on Thursday, November 5th.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you would like to attend the event you must purchase one of the ticket bundles from the \u003cstrong\u003eevent page\u003c\/strong\u003e (see featured section on homepage) - either a Vinyl, CD or Cassette. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVenue:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spindizzy Records (Georges St. Arcade)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thursday November 5th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTime : 6pm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SUCK records","offers":[{"title":"Indie Exclusive 140g Potato Chip Yellow Vinyl LP","offer_id":58818682749273,"sku":"SDZ-50208","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"140g Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":58818682782041,"sku":"SDZ-50209","price":32.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58818682814809,"sku":"SDZ-50210","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cassette w\/ Red Shell","offer_id":58818682847577,"sku":"SDZ-50211","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/369_20260810_1538_144330_549_v_0634457269675_003.png?v=1786449714","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/caroline-rose-gentling-the-horse-at-the-walt-whitman-mall","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}