mixtape maestro (2.0)

After getting some web attention with summer cut “Eat Pray Fuck”, a George Michael-esque lost soul ode built on twinkly electronic beats, Brooklyn-based singer/ songwriter/ producer Doctor Rosen Rosen (the winking nod to Fletch is appreciated) is now set to drop a follow-up single in “Weekends”, another ’80′s-reminiscent pop number (this time the influence seems to be INXS).

It’s a little hard to follow the song’s story but what is clear is that someone’s been caught cheating and it’s resulted in broken heart-fueled anger and frustration, a little physical tussling (“Get your hands off my arm/ I’ll explain baby you’re wrong”) and some stinging vengeance spewings (“Let me introduce you to the future…She tastes much better than you”). As the soap operatic melodrama is played out, Rosen cooks up a moody musical backdrop to match, combining an edged industrial stomp with mystical atmospheric washes.

It’s a solid offering (hit up his Facebook page to hear another Maestro favorite, “What You Want”) that’s got us smelling a new dark prince of alt-pop to start rooting for.

(Photography by Nikolas Redzaj)

DL (a temporary link): “Weekends” (YFH)

As an added bonus, grab Rosen’s remix of Mariah Carey’s “I’ll Be Lovin’ U Long Time” below:

DL: “I’ll Be Lovin’ U Long Time (Doctor Rosen Rosen Remix)” (YFH)