Permalight

My Top 25 Favorite Albums of 2010 (25 items)
list by NMartucci

2010 release, the fourth album from the Alt-Rock favorites. A punchy, deceptively effervescent set of multi-instrumental Pop tunes, the Northern California band's latest set represents a giant breakthrough for Zack Rogue and his longtime musical partner, drummer-keyboardist-vocalist Pat Spurgeon. Rogue Wave has a reputation for crafting classic, inward-looking Pop songs highlighted with psychedelic guitars, pastoral sound effects and intricate rhythms. On tunes from Permalight, however, Rogue Wave steps away from expectations with synthesizers that simultaneously sound brittle and blissful.