Co-produced by The Rosebuds, Justin Vernon, and BJ Burton, Sand + Silence began when Howard (who had recently launched a solo project under the name Howard Ivans) came to New York in early 2013 to work with Crisp (who had newly entered Columbia University’s graduate program for fiction writing). While their original intention was to revamp a number of songs cut from Loud Planes Fly Low and turn those tracks into an EP, Howard ended up sitting down at a piano in the studio and sketching out a whole new series of songs. “I decided to quit trying to force the older songs into something that worked for us, and instead write some new ideas and just see what happened without any pretense,” he says. “Right away it just felt really good and sounded like a new Rosebuds record to me-the tone and melodies reminded me of the lightness of the early Rosebuds days, with this feeling of the music being new and inspiring but still so simple that almost anybody could play it.” Once they settled into Vernon’s April Base Studio in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, The Rosebuds devoted a week to bringing those new songs to life by recording live (a previously unexplored tactic for the band). “Everyone in the room we were working with is such a great musician, so we’d hit record and the whole thing would just sail,” says Crisp. “Everything would get done in just one or two takes, and the songs all ended up having this buoyancy to them.”

The Rosebuds Live Dates:

 

7/31: The Earl – Atlanta, GA

8/1: Boujie Nights – Wilmington, NC

8/2: Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC

8/6: DC9 – Washington, DC

8/7: Boot and Saddle – Philadelphia, PA

8/8: Rough Trade – Brooklyn, New York

8/9: Café 939 – Boston, MA

8/21: Media Club – Vancouver, BC

8/22: Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA

8/23: Bunk Bar – Portland, OR

8/26: Independent – San Francisco, CA

8/29: Satellite – Los Angeles, CA

8/30: Casbah – San Diego, CA

10/3-10/5: Austin City Limits – Austin, TX

10/10-10/12: Austin City Limits – Austin, TX