Rose Melberg

"Homemade Ship" was released by K Records on Sept 22nd, 2009.



"Cast Away the Clouds" was released by Double Agent on April 25th, 2006.



Rose Melberg was the founding member of the mid-90s indie bands Tiger Trap, Go Sailor and the Softies; all influential parts of the Olympia/Portland pop-punk scene. In addition to her work with her popular bands she released two critically acclaimed acoustic solo albums, "Portola" in 1998 and "Cast Away the Clouds" in 2006.  During her career she has performed and recorded with such artists as Elliott Smith and Neko Case.  Although American, she has lived and worked in Canada for the past 15 years.  She now lives in Vancouver.



Straight out of a Sacramento high school, Rose Melberg entered the indiepop 7-inch scene in 1992 with her first of many successful bands, Tiger Trap. Crunchy guitars and painfully honest lyrics, the all-girl foursome quickly became stars of the indiepop/punk movement centered around Olympia, WA and record labels like K and Kill Rock Stars. Too good to last, Tiger Trap split after their second US tour, leaving just one classic album and an EP on K Records. Rose quickly teamed with uber- fan Jen Sbragia to form the The Softies, possibly her best-known project. With just two guitars and two voices, The Softies debuted with a 7" and mini-LP on the wonderful Slumberland Records, toured the US 5 times and released 3 amazing albums and singles, also on K Records from 1994-2001.



At the same time, Rose somehow managed to front Go Sailor who collected their sold-out and sought-after pop singles on Look Out Records in 1997, and had two songs featured in the campy film, "But I'm A Cheerleader". Never stopping, Rose also played drums on two albums with Gaze and recorded various duets and solo tracks while on tour. Those stray tracks were compiled on "Portola" released by Double Agent Records in 1998. All-Music Guide gave it 4 stars and declared "Even in light of the uniform brilliance of Rose Melberg's past work with Tiger Trap and The Softies, her solo debut is still revelatory -- never before has her voice been so disarmingly honest and vulnerable. 'Portola' is a small miracle."

Rose re-emerged in 2006 with "Cast Away the Clouds" and "Homemade Ship" followed in 2009.