MADDER ROSE – BRING IT DOWN LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 1993 INDIE ROCK GRUNGE

Madder Rose – Bring It Down
(Seed Records  1993  142291)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Madder Rose is a New York City-based alternative rock band who recorded in the 1990s. After a 20-year hiatus, a new album was released in September 2019. The band is fronted by Mary Lorson, who shares songwriting duties with guitarist Billy Coté. The two singer/songwriters continued their collaboration after Madder Rose disbanded in 1999, Coté as guitarist and producer on Lorson’s three albums with Saint Low, Lorson as guest vocalist on Coté’s Jazz Cannon album. Lorson and Coté have also created the original scores to several films, notably HBO’s documentary What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann, and in 2008, they released an album with Kathy Ziegler as the Piano Creeps. The name Madder Rose came from the herb-based paint rose madder. Many of their songs, including “Panic On” and “Car Song”, were featured in John Peel’s end-of-year round-up, the Festive Fifty, major feature films, and television shows. The band has released six studio albums to date.

Bring It Down is the debut album by New York City-based alternative rock band Madder Rose. It was released in 1993 on Seed Records, an alternative-oriented subsidiary of Big Beat Records, and was produced by Kevin Salem. In the United Kingdom, the album was released by Revolver Distribution, and its song “Swim” was released as an import single there. “Swim” increased the band’s popularity in the UK thanks to the single’s promotion by John Peel of the BBC. As of March 5, 1994, the album had sold 10,000 copies in the UK.

1. Beautiful John
2. While Away
3. Bring It Down
4. 20 Foot Red
5. Swim
6. Lay Down Low
7. Altar Boy
8. Lights Go Down
9. (Living A) Daydream
10. Sugarsweet
11. Razor Pilot
12. Waiting For Engines
13. Pocket Fulla Medicine

• Alan Bezozi-Drum Programming
• Diane Carpentieri-Design
• Billy Coté -Bass, Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
• Brian Doherty-Drums
• Johnny Kick-Drums, Vocals (Background)
• Adam Lasus-Engineer
• Bradshaw Leigh-Mixing
• Mary Lorson-Composer, Guitar, Vocals
• James MacMillan-Engineer
• Madder Rose-Primary Artist
• Kevin Salem-Drum Programming, Drums, Engineer, Guest Artist, Producer
• Matt Verta-Ray-Bass, Composer, Guitar (Rhythm), Slide Guitar, Vocals (Background)