Recorded with the help of southern staple Jim White, Zac Rae (Death Cab For Cutie, Gnarls Barkley, Alanis Morissette), and Luke Top (Cass McCombs), Here The Blue River is a departure from the acoustic folk of Rose's debut LP, with smoky, haunting production complementing her alluring voice and magnetic storytelling, reminiscent of early Fleetwood Mac and Daniel Lanois. Inspired by post-apocalyptic imagery, nostalgia, Greek mythology, and meteor showers, Rose sings about creation and destruction, and the ebb and flow of life.