Eric David Rose's songwriting harkens back to vintage melodic post-punk -- Uncle Tupelo, Pavement, Spoon -- though also going back to The Beatles, "Revolver," for a musical touchstone. 

Rose's latest release, "Crying for the River and For Us" is backed by Three Fried Men. Three Fried Men is both a campus rock band that has been evolving for thirty years and the Poetry Scores house band.

Poetry Scores is an all-volunteer, international arts collective that builds community by translating poetry into other media, including music. Though its scope widened far beyond its origins and is open to endless innovation, Poetry Scores evolved from the post-punk band Eleanor Roosevelt, which started out as Enormous Richard on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis in the late 1980s. Matt Fuller (drums), David Melson (bass), and Elijah "Lij" Shaw (guitars) all played together with Chris King (then, vocals) in those bands. Eric Rose has the distinction of having played in Big Toe, the ur-Enormous Richard.

Meghan Gohil -- who mixed and mastered "Crying for the River and for Us" -- was part of the same campus band scene where this all fermented and produced much of the Enormous Richard and Eleanor Roosevelt oeuvre where this crowd first started setting poems and obscure primary sources to rock music. 

Eric is currently based in San Francisco, and also plays in Rare Device. His previous releases with Rare Device include the full length album "Goblin Tracks", and the single "Have Another Drink Before You Go".

YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBmT59Hr1aQwXCzUEwQUUow

Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5oDtB2ywDbk8E1uuTM5cST

iTunes
https://music.apple.com/us/album/crying-for-the-river-and-for-us/1544589501