“I wrote Hometown in my house on a warm summer day in 2020 when we should have been in the midst of one of the bigger tours in our career. The lyrics are sort of an open letter to fans expressing how bad we wanted to be back out there traveling and playing songs to excited music lovers. I got really into Thundercat that summer which inspired the falsetto vocals and the growly bass tone. I always have fun singing in my high voice so I wanted to capture that a little bit. And of course, in regular Road Waves fashion, I have a hard time not smashing a bunch of genres together.

I feel so blessed to have been able to produce the track with Russ Donohue of Stonehouse Recording in St.Catharines, Ontario. Russ is a world class sound engineer and always a pleasure to work with. Over the years of working with him we’ve developed a great friendship. On top of that, we are so lucky to have so many star players feature on this track: Mark Rogers (LMT Connection) on percussion, Joel Visentin (The Lizards) on keys, Patrick Smith (My Son The Hurricane) on Saxophone, Andrew McAnsh (Larnell Lewis Band) on Trumpet, Fearghas Gundy (SoundChef + Road Waves) on Trombone, and we even snuck Amanda Parker’s beautiful vocals in the chorus

The Hometown artwork was designed by Ji based on polls that were generated through our Facebook fan-group and Instagram stories. No one knew what the polls were for besides the band. Fans were encouraged to vote blindly (ex: 👽vs.🤖 or 💧vs.🔥) and the items/colors that were victorious were secretly used as art prompts. So THANK YOU to everyone for your continued participation and support… it literally shapes the art we create 💓”

- Ji Yehia

Hometown

Watch the official music video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs_a-zabcZc

Small World

Frog Rock

Music video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iFmozYEhQM

So Long

Track 01 from Road Waves 2nd album, Red Sun Rising

Lake Shore Drive

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released January 17, 2020
Recorded live off the floor on November 7, 2019 at Stonehouse Recording in St Catharines, Ontario

Vocals & Guitar: Ji Yehia
Drums & Vocals: Matt Maxwell
Bass: Yo Izumita
Piano/Organ/Synth: Don Letourneau

Music & lyrics by Ji Yehia
Produced by Ji Yehia & Russ Donohue
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Russ Donohue

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Hindsight

Your favourite funk jamband is back with a fresh take on their classic tune, 'The One'. 

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