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Tickets go on sale Friday, December 11, 2009 at noon
“Now we’re born again,” sings Zach Rogue on the closing track of Rogue Wave’s fourth studio album, Permalight.
The dreamy acoustic lament lasts just over a minute but in sound and
spirit it neatly sums up everything that comes before it. A punchy,
deceptively effervescent set of multi-instrumental pop tunes, the
Northern California band’s latest set represents a giant breakthrough
for Rogue and his longtime musical partner,
drummer-keyboardist-vocalist Pat Spurgeon.
“The record sounds, for lack of a better word, fun,” the frontman says.
It’s an astonishing change of direction, to say the least. Formed by
Rogue in 2002 after he lost his tech job and parted ways with the
Oakland rock group Desoto Reds, Rogue Wave has a reputation for
crafting classic, inward-looking pop songs highlighted with psychedelic
guitars, pastoral sound effects and intricate rhythms.
Permalight could represent a great push forward for Rogue Wave. Having
toured with the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, Jack Johnson, Spoon, The
Clientele and The Shins, the group already has two indie albums –
2004’s Out of the Shadow and 2005’s Descended Like Vulture on Sub Pop –
which earned it prime soundtrack placement for movies and television
shows such as “Napoleon Dynamite,” “Heroes,” “Weeds,” and “Nip/Tuck.”
Its move to Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records for the release of 2007’s
politically charged, multilayered Asleep At Heaven’s Gate brought
critical acclaim and the band’s first foray onto the alternative radio
chart with “Lake Michigan.” The track has also been licensed for the
upcoming film “Up In the Air,” and was used for a popular Microsoft
Zune commercial.
Doors open at 7:30pm
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