With the synth-heavy, up-tempo Permalight, Rogue Wave is back in business and powering ahead into sunnier days.

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Like a rogue wave in high seas, information at times breaks one way but quickly falls the next.

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Few bands turn sadness into beauty more effectively than Rogue Wave.

NPR: Rogue Wave: To Sunnier Days Ahead

After putting out a few records on Sub Pop, Rogue Wave moved to Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records for 2005's Descended Like Vultures.

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But when Rogue Wave frontman Zach Rogue lost his job, the subsequent trip he took to visit friends in New York proved productive.

NPR: Rogue Wave On World Cafe

He soon put together a group to play the songs live, at which point Rogue Wave landed a deal with Sub Pop Records.

NPR: Rogue Wave On World Cafe

Others might explore darker material under the circumstances, but Rogue Wave's latest album, Permalight, is full of bright, uptempo indie-pop, with unexpected excursions into electronic music.

NPR: Rogue Wave On World Cafe

The past few years have been turbulent times for Rogue Wave: After dealing with the death of bassist Evan Farrell following his departure from the group, the band has had to work around drummer Pat Spurgeon's ongoing struggles with a lifelong kidney disorder.

NPR: Rogue Wave On World Cafe

Rescued were U.S. citizens Jordan Hanssen, 29, and Patrick Flemming, 31, along with Canadian citizens Adam Kreck, 31, and Marcus Pukonen, 30, who were 73 days into the expedition when a rogue wave reportedly caused their 29-foot row boat, theJames Robert Hanssen, to capsize.

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