Artist Snapshot
Four hours south of Portland, Oregon, the Rogue River flows right through the center of a small municipality called Shady Cove. This is where songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Sarah Rose and Sarah Nienaber, formerly of Candace, recorded the track that would become the name of their new project and self-titled debut, Shady Cove. Across Shady Cove’s eleven tracks, Nienaber and Rose hit upon vibrations more intimate but no less immediate than those explored with their prior band, nudging guitar-driven dream pop into softer and more diffuse territories. Dabbling in muted, homespun psychedelia, Shady Cove’s use of synthesizers suggest orchestral grandeur supported by melodies that are subtle but not subdued.