Record of the Week is back! Did a little traveling for Thanksgiving and the week after, and we're still here. This week, the Randomizer brings us Wilco's Speak into the Rose, which is a companion EP to 2011's The Whole Love. This RSD copy from 2011 is what I'll be spinning today. Side 1 of the 4-track 10" EP serves up a 7-minute alternate version of Art of Almost and a demo of I Might. At first listen, one might think this is not Wilco. Very electronic, very experimental and very cool. Side 2 lines up a couple of b-sides, Speak into the Rose and Message from Mid-Bar. Speak into the Rose is a driving, squelchy instrumental. It really sounds like it was recorded during the Ghost is Born sessions, which is a good thing. Then there are times when Tweedy kinda reminds me of John Lennon (don't ask, I have no idea) and Mid-Bar is one of those times. It just feels that way to me. Maybe not even the way he sings but more in the way he delivers. In any case, this is a solid little EP, definitely worth looking up even if you are a casual Wilco fan.