Caroline Rose’s new album, year of the slug, is loaded with one jolting pleasant surprise after the next. The glaring standout in this regard: “god- damn train.” Amidst 11 tracks veering between hazy indie pop to punky singer/songwriter fare, this centerpiece song rushes out the gate with its twangy guitar and fittingly stomping percussion.
Rose — a Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter from New York — punctuates her vocals on “god- damn train” with long held humming that echoes the best ad-libs of classic Sun Records-era country. Her lyrics here are a stream of conscious list of things she feels pressured to do in a conformist, capitalist society, before giving way to more dysfunctional urges. Best of all: her juxtaposing an ad-rep worthy boast of “more…

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