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[POP] Essentially the project of singer-songwriter Zach Schwartz (a.k.a. Zach Rogue), Rogue Wave has persevered through all the music industry tumult over the past decade-plus, having launched a career with a promising Sub Pop Records contract only to get dropped after a pair of releases. Since then, vacillating between a duo (with Schwartz’s ongoing creative partner Pat Spurgeon) and a full-sized touring band of various configurations, they’ve released four more full-length discs, culminating with Delusions of Grand Fur, out on the Easy Sound Recording Company label (Vetiver, Marianne Faithfull) last month. Far from the dance-pop of 2010’s Permalight, the disc picks up where 2013’s Nightingale Floors left off and takes a dark-side detour, bathing the band’s trademark shimmering pop melodies in sentiments of uncertainty and boredom. The restless tone at the disc’s core is palpable, but Grand Fur refuses to take the plunge into depressive territory. Hear for yourself Wednesday, May 11 at the Tralf Music Hall with openers Hey Marseilles.