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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]
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When Rogue Wave‘s debut album, Descended Like Vultures, came out I’ll admit that I could never get past the single “Publish My Love”. It was one of those songs that ruins the rest of an album for me because it is the song that is easiest to like and I played it so much that it got worn out (watch out Sea Wolf, I can see this happening with your “You’re A Wolf” song) and I abandoned the whole album. Though my interest in the band had faded, the prospect of their new album, Asleep At Heaven’s Gate, being able to hold my attention from start to finish, renewed my interest enough for me to go back to Descended Like Vultures recently and give it another chance. This time the album worked a lot better, I am over my obsession of just that one track and found myself digging almost the entire album, with only exception of the misplaced track, “10:1″.
So on to Asleep At Heaven’s Gate, the band’s Brushfire Records debut which was produced by Roger Moutenot (Yo La Tengo, Sleater Kinney, Elvis Costello) with Zach Rogue and recorded in Forestville, CA. It came out yesterday and for those of you who live in the Long Beach area, you should grab a copy from Fingerprints so you can get a wristband to the band’s Friday instore there. I will be picking up the LP tonight, and will hopefully have some sort of review up later next week. Rogue Wave will also be at The El Rey on October 11th with Port O’Brien.
Download “Lake Michigan” (mp3) from Asleep At Heaven’s Gate, courtesy of Brushfire Records
[audio:http://www.brushfirerecords.com/audio/Rogue Wave - Lake Michigan.mp3]
Asleep At Heaven’s Gate is out now, get it from: Insound | Amazon