Release the Sunbird - Come Back to Us

Release The Sunbird -Looking to try something new on his own, Rogue Wave frontman Zach Rogue opts for a blissfully breezy alt-pop outing on this new album that falls somewhere between a solo long player and side project...recorded at a friend's studio in Bloomington, IN, the album features local musicians Pete Shreiner (drums), Kenny Childers (bass/vocals) and Kate Long (vocals) // Release: Come Back To Us (July 26, Brushfire) // Sounds like: something of a throwback to the more mellow, acoustic and sunny SoCal Rogue Wave sound pre-last year's beat driven Permalight...arriving with a couple of guitars and fragments of songs, Rogue has turned Come Back into an off-hand and unexpected gem, handily confirming Rogue's place as one of our finest (and most under appreciated) songwriters // Quote: "With lyrics that explore the vagaries of love, loss, memory, and the deceptive simplicity of hope, Rogue’s new songs are presented with an essential quality, as if every captured sound is ultimately serving the song. Sometimes these sounds are string squeaks, bent notes, or a breath here and there, and often it is the sound of the room itself, a space full of friends playing together." -- press release // What we like: music that happily smudges the lines between retro and modern... lead track (and free download) "Always Like the Sun" is a low-keyed folk/pop treat that sounds like it could have been lifted from some 70's bell-bottomed love story soundtrack...

Release the Sunbird - "Always Like the Son" (from the album Come Back to Us) (Download)