National Diet "The King In Yellow"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: October 21, 2025
Tracklist

1. Nobody

2. Winning

3. Patterns of Behavior

4. Space Monkey

5. I Am the Owl

6. Angle Game

7. Carcosa

8. The Audit

Credits

Jake Rose (Rainbow Face): vocals, Wurlitzer electric and acoustic pianos, guitars, vibraphone, Behringer Model D synthesizer, Ensoniq ESQ-1, Optigan, Weird Sound Generator, kalimba, mixing

Connor Reilly (The Mercury Tree): drums, percussion, timpani

James Greene: five-string fretless bass, six-string fretted bass

Colin Doherty: co-production, mastering

   With:

Ellie Dick: cello on 2

Thymme Jones (Cheer-Accident): vocals on 9

Nicole McCabe: alto saxophone on 1 and 5

Ben Spees (The Mercury Tree): vocals on 3

Drums, timpani, vibraphone, electric piano, Optigan, and WSG recorded at Echo Echo by Matt Thomson

Acoustic piano recorded at Chateau Merde by Joey Burnah

Bass recorded at home by James Greene

All else recorded at home by Jake Rose

Album art by Leon Rose Considine

Songs by Jake Rose

with Patterns of Behvaior additional vocals written by Ben Spees

Media/Samples
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National Diet "The Noon Hour"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 26, 2022
Tracklist

1. The Map Is The Territory (5:12) 

2. I Am Food (6:04) 

3. Plan (5:12) 

4. Preserve The Past (including The Elders, Gathering Of The Elves, Life Dance) (8:29) 

5. The Queen (6:34) 

6. Addled Dreams Of Youth (11:33) 

Total Time 43:04 

Credits

Jake Rose (Rainbow Face): Vocals, guitar, Ensoniq ESQ-1, Behringer Model D, mandolin (4), percussion, Pianica (5), theremin (6)

Connor Reilly (Mercury Tree, Nick Prol and the Proletarians, Rainbow Face): Drums and percussion

   With

JD Davis (Gorgon Stare): Bass (1)

Oliver Campbell (Mercury Tree) : Bass (2)

Damon Flick: Bass (3)

Ben Spees (Mercury Tree, Ventifacts): Bass (4)

Justin Stimson (Nasalrod): Bass (5)

Anthony Medici (Liquid Light): Bass (6)

Geoffrey McManus: Trumpet (1)

Estafina Tapia: Alto saxophone (2)

Nicole McCabe: Alto saxophone (2)

Tricia Bogdan: Viola (4)

Songs by Jake Rose

Drums and percussion composed by Connor Reilly

Bassists each composed their own parts

Produced by Colin Doherty and Jake Rose; drums engineered by Colin Doherty and Dominique Reveneau at Quartertone Recording, Portland, OR

Album art painting by Vhilo H Persson

Description/Reviews:

... an experimental wall of sound that is heavy and guitar-driven, but orchestral in arrangement. The music is an amalgam of experimental, progressive, and math rock where finding a 4/4 time signature is like a scavenger hunt. There is a balance between structured parts and improvisation, control and chaos that toes the line; listening is a lot like playing the songs, there is a sense of barely being able to hang on. Stylistic touchpoints can be varied and classic like 60s Pink Floyd and Beach Boys and Mahavishnu Orchestra, often within the same song, or more akin to young progressives black midi, Squid, and Young Jesus.

Media/Samples
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