Rogue Wave
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.
The band 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, Rogue Wave returned in early 2010 with their second Brushfire recording, Permalight. By the time of their next album, the group was down to Rogue and Spurgeon and had switched labels again. Nightingale Floors was released by Vagrant in early summer of 2013. Their sixth long-player came after yet another label move, to Easy Sound Recording Company. Delusions of Grand Fur arrived in the spring of 2016 and saw Rogue and Spurgeon joined by multi-instrumentalists Dan Iead, Rob Easson, and Masanori Christianson (the latter mostly covering the precarious bass).
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20 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Asleep At Heaven's Gate (Remastered And Expanded Edition)
Rock - Paru chez Brushfire Records - Universal le 18 sept. 2007
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Eyes - Single
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Sub Pop Records le 13 févr. 2010
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Nightingale Floors
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Vagrant Records le 4 juin 2013
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Out Of The Shadow
Rock - Paru chez Sub Pop Records le 13 juill. 2004
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Descended Like Vultures
Rock - Paru chez Sub Pop Records le 25 oct. 2005
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Cover Me
Rock - Paru chez Easy Sound Recording Company le 24 nov. 2016
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Everyday
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Sub Pop Records le 12 juin 2020
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Permalight (Album Version)
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Brushfire Records - Universal le 1 janv. 2009
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Asleep At Heaven's Gate
Rock - Paru chez Brushfire Records - Universal le 17 mars 2008
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Delusions of Grand Fur
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Easy Sound Recording Company le 29 avr. 2016
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Nightingale Floors (Deluxe Version)
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Vagrant Records le 4 juin 2013
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Cover Me - Bonus
Rock - Paru chez Easy Sound Recording Company le 17 févr. 2017
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Let My Love Open the Door - Single
Rock - Paru chez Easy Sound Recording Company le 3 févr. 2017
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Lake Michigan (Radio Edit)
Rock - Paru chez Brushfire Records - Universal le 1 janv. 2007
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California Bride - Single
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Easy Sound Recording Company le 11 mars 2016
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Modern Love
Rock - Paru chez Cleopatra Records le 1 juill. 2019
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Cover Me (Deluxe)
Rock - Paru chez Easy Sound Recording Company le 24 nov. 2016
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Ocean - Single
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Easy Sound Recording Company le 8 avr. 2016
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What Is Left to Solve - Single
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Easy Sound Recording Company le 8 févr. 2016
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