Music — Rose Haze

HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS

Released: April 23, 2024, Single

Recorded & Produced by Kate Ramsey & Ruben Valdez Gonzales

Mix: Rex Shelverton | Master: Harold LaRue

Genre: dream pop, shoegaze, ethereal indie

““There are plenty of analog synth fetishists out there, but Rose Haze understands better than most how to effectively create an atmosphere. Rich, pillowy chords glow in shades of violet and maroon, lovely but just a little tense; elsewhere, bloopy synth patterns doodle and chirp, combining optimism and unease like Kraftwerk and Boards of Canada before them.” ”

— Two Story Melody

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Slow Decay

Released: April 14, 2023, Single

Slow Decay

Recorded & Produced by Kate Ramsey & Ruben Valdez Gonzales

Genre: shoegaze, dream pop

We love this track.

“This thing is a juggernaut, a slow-burn epic that’s at this weird intersection of shoegaze, dream pop and the funereal atmosphere of doom.”

— Backseat Mafia

Contemplations in the Desert

Released: December 2, 2022, LP via Orenda Records

Contemplations in the desert

Recorded & Produced by Kate Ramsey & Ruben Valdez Gonzales

Genre: experimental, desert rock, ambient

This album was recorded live in two days out in the sweltering hot sun, dust, and nothingness of southern California in August of 2020 to find some hope during the pandemic. It’s 100% improvised using all analog synths, guitars, and effects pedals.

“Musically, the album brings to mind an Ennio Morricone (there is even a track named after the famous composer) score that is both otherworldly in a spaced out way and also weirdly Californian. There are longer compositions that drift into sparse sonic soundscapes and urge the listener to dissociate while others are meandering and dark. There are elements of psych rock, prog and desert groove all coming together with a uniquely experimental edge. Tying it all together and making it truly impressive is the fact that this album is fully improvised.”

— Glide Magazine

Maximum security prism

Released May 6, 2022, LP

Recorded & Produced by Kate Ramsey & Ruben Valdez Gonzales

Genre: dream pop, electropop, psych rock, shoegaze

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“This set is chockful of Florence Welch’s post-disco energy, Roky Erickson’s unrestrained experimentation, Jefferson Airplane-esque mind-twisting, and all the raw dream and bedroom pop one could grasp are interwoven into the fabric of this cohesively wandering album.”

— Global Texan Chronicles