Emerging: Roses Kings Castles

Adam Ficek, the man who plays drums in Babyshambles has had for a while been pushing his own solo project called Roses Kings Castles. As RKC, Ficek has released a number of impressively sullen Britpop singles and a ten-track, eponymous full length disc over the last year or so. Over the summer, he dropped his latest EP, a four-song affair entitled Apples and Engines. Since Ficek has been doing all of this under the radar and without much press help, we're pretty sure a ton of you guys hadn't even heard of Roses Kings Castles, let alone have heard it. In any event, two of the four tracks are ready to be heard by all, so do yourselves a favor and get in on Roses Kings Castles. They are stellar, sweeping and absolutely worth a kick in the pants for not knowing about. Who knows how long Babyshambles will be around and, more to the point, we're sort of thinking that Ficek is well fine with his new project if the Doherty thing, er, fades.

(mp3)    Roses Kings Castles - Empty Shells

(mp3)    Roses Kings Castles - Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid

Godspeed!