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Dec 16, 2013A few more like ‘College’ and ‘Figured It Out’, with their emotional weight and memorable choruses, and they’d be onto something.
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Aug 27, 2013The impotence of railing against it is a theme running through a lot of the record, and in the case of Nightingale Floors, coming to terms with the past has freed Rogue Wave to turn in what might be their finest work.
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Jul 3, 2013This isn't groundbreaking material--but it does showcase a band that has stuck to its guns, honed its craft, and created something pleasing to show for it.
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Jun 18, 2013It’s a solid record; put it on and forget it.
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MagnetJun 17, 2013Rogue Wave's fifth album features a handful of its best tunes yet. [No.99, p.59]
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Jun 13, 2013Permalight was an unacceptable rocking of the boat. Nightingale Floors is an all too predictable response, then, safely ensconced as it is in the warm, reverb-heavy sound of beloved predecessors like 2005’s Descended Like Vultures and an atmosphere far more organic in tone and mood than Permalight.
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Jun 7, 2013While part of this consistency is the cursive guitar work and snappy hooks that adorn many of the tracks, the fluidity within and between songs also plays a significant role. Rogue Wave have risen to the occasion.
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Jun 6, 2013After a troubling and bizarre fourth LP, Permalight, for Bushfire, the band returns, and not successfully, to these college radio roots, the power of the small idea, on their latest LP, Nightingale Floors.
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Jun 5, 2013It’s by no means Rogue Wave’s seminal work, but it manages to come off as an honest and hard-earned statement from a band that’s been dealt more than their fair shares of blows these past few years.
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Jun 4, 2013Schwartz and company handle the chaos like old pros, further demonstrating their keen ability for mining something sweet out of life’s most sour notes.
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Jun 4, 2013It may not be Rogue Wave's best record, since Out of the Shadows still holds that honor, but it is the record that is the best at showing all the sides of Rogue the songwriter and Rogue Wave the band, and for that it is well worth checking out.
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Jun 4, 2013There’s nothing too big, surprising or out-to-sea strange about what’s contained here, but there’s no doubt the record still succeeds.
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Jun 4, 2013A modest record of modest aims from a songwriter coming to terms with his current station.