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ROGUE WAVE
w/ Avi Buffalo, JBM

Monday, March 8th, 2010
7:30pm Doors / 8:30pm Show
All Ages
“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.