Rogue Wave

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Rogue Wave formed in 2002 when a newly-unemployed Zach Rogue left his San Francisco home, visited friends in New York City, and returned to California with nearly a full album's worth of textured, cerebral indie pop. Rogue then quit his post in his previous group, the Desoto Reds, and finished the album, which was released on Rogue's own Responsive label under the title Out of the Shadow. As he was completing the record, Rogue decided to form a band in order to perform the material live, and he soon hooked up with drummer/keyboardist Pat Spurgeon, bassist Sonya Westcott, and guitarist Gram LeBron. This outfit played shows in 2003 with the likes of Spoon, Mates of State, and other indie rock big shots. Impressed with their growing buzz, Sub Pop signed Rogue Wave and reissued Out of the Shadow in 2004.

At some point, Westcott was replaced in the lineup by Evan Farrell, and the revised band began recording a second album. The first result of their efforts was the 10:1 single, released in August 2005, which displayed a slicker and more produced sound without jeopardizing the elements that made the first record an artistic success. The full-length Descended Like Vultures followed in late 2005. Songs from the album appeared on television shows like Weeds, Friday Night Lights, and Heroes, and the band maintained a hectic touring schedule until 2006, when they were forced to take time off as drummer Pat Spurgeon underwent a kidney transplant and other bandmembers dealt with death (LeBron's father) and birth (Rogue's new daughter). The group also lost bassist Farrell, who left the lineup before perishing in an apartment fire in late 2007. Patrick Abernathy, formerly with Beulah, joined the group in his place. As if that wasn't enough tribulation, Rogue Wave couldn't come to terms with Sub Pop for future albums and was dropped from the label's roster. They found a suitable label soon after, however, as their friend Jack Johnson signed them to his Brushfire imprint and released their third album, Asleep at Heaven's Gate, in autumn 2007. With newcomer Cameron Jasper now handling bass duties, the band returned in early 2010 with their second Brushfire recording, Permalight. ~ Tim Sendra, Rovi

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    By IsaacJ280912/1/2008 18:20:29

    still favorite "catform" and "salesman at the day of the parade". very very nice. lake michigan got me started on this band a while back tho. all hail the beginning =p

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  • yup, I know it.

    By Hefty Lightning11/20/2008 22:34:08

    Absolutely dig the new album.  I'm really happy with what Brushfire Records has done as far as promos and in studio producers.  Hooray Zach Rogue!

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  • okay yes...

    By Ntratusol6/9/2008 06:24:03

    Zune used lake Michigan on one of their commercials so everyone should know who this band is... alright remember the one with all those pink fluffy things yeah, that's the one, however i got really angry because the cd had came out way before that and it was like my fav song at that time so i was like nooooooo but nevertheless this band is great, i have liked them since the signed to SUBPOP,even though they are now not on that label listen to their new cd its really good its acoustic yumminess

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