Mapache Spin A Hook Worthy Of Lou Reed On “Love Can’t Hold Me”

Today, Mapache — the LA duo of Sam Blasucci and Clay Finch — share “Love Can’t Hold Me,” the breezily romantic new single from their albumRoscoe’s Dream, out June 10 on Innovative Leisure / Calico Discos. With a shuffling trash can drum beat and trebly garage rock guitars that rough up the song’s slick, effortlessly harmonized chorus, “Love Can’t Hold Me” would fit snugly alongside anything from The Velvet Underground’s Loaded. It’s a crystallization of Mapache’s strengths as songwriters, as well as a showcase for a whole new set of tricks that they’ve honed since growing into a full band project.

"Love Can't Hold Me is a way to describe how it feels when you fall in love. Bookstore jazz, freedom, amnesia, among other things." 

Watch a sweetly psychedelic live performance of “Love Can’t Hold Me”, filmed at The Lodge Room in Highland Park here.

Named after the duo’s 14-year-old Boston Terrier — and frequent tour companion — Roscoe,  Roscoe’s Dream finds Mapache expanding the “modern cosmic country music” (FLOOD) of previous records into a coherent blend of 70s AM radio gold, Grateful Dead-indebted choogle, lovingly recreated Mexican boleros, and rich Beach Boys harmonies. Produced by longtime collaborator Dan Horne (Cass McCombs, Allah-Lahs) at his Lone Palm Studio, Roscoe’s Dream summons the ghosts of LA scenes from vintage Laurel Canyon to the Paisley Underground while brimming with restless creativity and the assured confidence that comes with honing an indelible, distinct aesthetic that is pure Mapache. 

“They Don’t Know At The Beach” tells a tale of sunburnt lovers on the run from the FBI. Listen HERE. 

Roscoe’s Dream follow’s last year’s 3 — a lovingly crafted collection of covers that includes adventurous recreations of classics by Stevie Wonder and Sade — and 2020’s From Liberty Street, which Aquarium Drunkard described as “a warm, pacific-breezed collection of country rock, western twang, Mexican boleros, and a touch of that Gram Parsons cosmic Americana fairy dust.” The group’s self-titled debut was cut live and raw around a single microphone and helped Mapache earn festival appearances at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and Pickathon, where Rolling Stone named their set one of the weekend's top highlights.