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Seattle’s Rose Windows conjure up an impressive multilayered din on their recent debut album, The Sun Dogs (Sub Pop), crafting a pan-global psychedelic stew that’s alternately grabbed and compelled me. The group was formed by guitarist Chris Cheveyo in 2010, once he became comfortable appropriating ideas from old rock bands (he allows that they include the Doors, Grateful Dead, and Black Sabbath), got interested in music from southeast Asia and eastern Europe, and paired up with singer Rabia Shaheen Qazi, whose caterwauling voice characterizes the band’s music as much as their quasi-international flavor. Rose Windows play world music in much the same way Led Zeppelin played world music on “Kashmir” in 1975.
Rose Windows opens for Moondoggies at the Empty Bottle on Friday evening.
