Rum Diary "slowly sculpts its music out of an eclectic arrangement of two drum kits and two bass guitars, with some keyboards, guitars, and vocals sprinkled in. The resulting sound takes bits of the genre's present -- the distorted wallop of Mogwai, the melodic complexity of Three Mile Pilot, the pop-friendly edge of Death Cab for Cutie -- and synthesizes them into a style that's both cohesive and original. Where many bands that dabble in sonic chaos descend into noise, the Rum Diary deftly straddles the line between clamor and control, dissonance and melody, hope and desperation.”
-- SF weekly

East Bay foursome Rogue Wave strip pop music down to its skivvies and weave a subtle ribbon of indie rock-style edge through otherwise laid-back, stoney acoustic tunes with lyrics that just scream "Hum Me!" Their debut album, "Out of the Shadows" (Responsive Recordings), is folk-ish pop perfection, 12 solidly constructed, emotionally driven and downright catchy ditties for the starry-eyed and perpetually pensive. -- SF Examiner