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Sunday, 20 January 2008
Don't let the title fool you - this is not a game. The stakes are higher on RoGue's sophomore album and the band has waged a full-on vocal war. With eleven strong tracks in their arsenal, a victory is clearly inevitable.

The band comes bearing rare musical gifts. The album is like nothing you've ever heard and yet often feels familiar. With tracks reminiscent of your first Ani DiFranco concert or a dance party in your best friend's basement back in the day, the album reunites you with styles you've missed and gives you unique and new grooves to fall in love with. The band delivers a soundtrack for their generation, but plays across all decades and produces an album that both takes you back and pulls you forward.

Like their last album, Touch and Linger, the band experiments with a variety of styles and elements, but still manages to keep it fresh. Arrangements that leave no chord unturned, gritty, brassy vocals and lyrics that carry you from melancholy to exuberant, "Play The Game" is unpredictable, but to RoGue fans, definitely not unexpected.

Constantly asked to specify the umbrella that their music lies under, the band is what it is. A mixture of rock, soul, jazz, blues, disco, funk and dance. Alternative. But urban. Deeply rooted. But fluid. Elevated. But humble. And Impressive.
 

Biography:
RoGue has had a tremendous year. Labeled as an independent band, this is no trio of amateurs. Erika Roshawn, Melina Rochelle and Krystle Roquel are masters of their craft. With the release of their sophomore album, Play The Game and a recent Los Angeles Music Awards nomination, the band has had their hands full with their success. Hailed as "impressively inventive" by LookInside Magazine, RoGue has proven to be a worthy contender among Los Angeles' myriad of indie bands. The band hit the airwaves when their first single Mr. Finnelly debuted on "The Upper Room with Joe Kelley" on WVOF FM. RoGue has been singing together their entire lives. The three sisters originally from the Bay Area and now based in Los Angeles are taking the west coast by storm. It's a family affair and the fans are loving it.

Webpage: http://www.roguetime.com
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Description: "Play The Game" is a tribute to all the music you love - jazz, rock, blues and soul. This sophomore album takes harmony to new levels.
Last Updated ( Monday, 12 January 2009 )
 
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