Rogue Wave recently announced many of the pertinent details surrounding Permalight, the group’s upcoming album, out March 2nd. The album emerged following Zach Rogue’s severe slipped discs injury in September 2008, an injury which steadily worsened until Rogue lost feeling in his right hand. In 2009, as he began to recover, Rogue envisioned writing a “total dance album.” Says Zach in a recent press release, “I decided when I picked up the guitar again I didn’t want to play anything I knew. Even if that meant yelling into the microphone or detuning a guitar, I wanted to record all those ideas.”
We actually witnessed a little of this firsthand when we recorded Rogue Wave’s contribution for The Bay Bridged, Volume 2 shortly after Zach sustained the injury that September. At the time, it wasn’t clear how bad things would get, but it was apparent that Zach was in a lot of pain, as he spent most of the session laying on his back (where he played the keyboard) and applying a neverending series of hot pads. We’re truly grateful to Zach and Pat for their contribution to the record, both on its own merit and as a testament to the group’s support of Bay Area music.
Rogue Wave’s upcoming Permalight tour is bookended by local dates. On February 24th, they’ll be at a Noise Pop show at Bottom of the Hill (with Princeton and excellent locals Man/Miracle and Two Sheds). On the back end, they’ll be at The Fillmore on April 30th. Full tour dates below.
02/24 – San Francisco, CA @ Noise Pop
02/26 – Toronto, ON, CA @ Mod Club
03/01 – Club Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock
03/02 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
03/03 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
03/04 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church Sanctuary
03/05 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
03/06 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
03/08 – Atlanta, GA @ The Loft
03/09 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
03/10 – Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree
03/13 – Orlando, FL @ The Social
03/15 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
03/16 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
03/17 – Dallas, TX @ The Loft
03/18 – 03/20 @ SXSW
04/07 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre
04/09 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
04/10 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
04/13 – Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
04/14 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
04/15 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Cafe
04/16 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
04/17 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
04/20 – Columbia, MO @ Mojo’s
04/21 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
04/24 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
04/27 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
04/29 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
04/30 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
