Rogue Waves foundation has long been built on unstable ground.
The fact that this band is still standing given all that s is amazing.
So this is who we are, take it or leave it.
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Ive never been happier.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Its been three years since Rogue Waves last record,Nightingale Floors.
ZACH ROGUE:It wasnt the plan to take three years.
I didnt want to travel, and we also wanted to make kind of an unconventional record.
There was no demo-ing; we just did everything on the fly.
It just took longer than we thought, and we werent in a hurry.
Id rather things take longer if I feel like the album is right.
I wanted to make deep headphone music.
Even though most of the world doesnt seem to give two sts about albums, we do.
We wanted to make a record that mattered.
What were you thinking about while writing this record?
Politics, family, intimacy, longingall the things that make us human.
Its this duality that I think a lot of adults face.
There are so many things that were powerless to changing.
How did those concepts reflect for you personally?
Endless Supply is a good example.
Its an impossible business.
But to deny who I am as an adult is not a good thing.
What made you opt for a more DIY direction this time around?
That seemed really silly.
So this time around we didnt want to have any energy taken away.
Im a very mediocre musician, so to try and make me sound better than I am is false.
We like getting really weird with synthesizers and playing songs for like 20 minutes.
We like indulging in the psychedelic and experimental aspects of music.
We did it not just to save money, but to save our process.
You cite this project as being very true to who Rogue Wave is as a group.
It reminds me of our first record in a way, where the songs were arranged on the fly.
Its how our brains work.
It gets to the point where me and Pat are finishing each others sentences.
We have this hive mind now…So this is who we are, take it or leave it.
Ive never been happier with a band than I have been now.
How has it affected the work youve put out?
Its made me feel like I connect with our audience.
When I was an adolescent, music was a thing that saved my ass.
Weve had a lot of setbacks and hard times, but everyone has.
People who like our music, I think they identify with that.
Everyones had struggle and death.
It just makes me more hungry to create.
So much time has passed.
The fact that this band is still standing given all that s is amazing.
They hated it with a passion.
But we picked up the pieces.
This is a band thats tough to kill.
