I didn’t even know the microphone was on.
“I had the idea and walked into the studio and played something and sang it. “I didn’t even know it was a song,” Roberge recalls. The melodic and reggae-laced “California” - which celebrates free-thinking and encourages chance-taking inspired by Roberge’s brother-in-law - is a case in point. I can definitely hear someone else’s creative vibe coming through the albums.” “She would just do things to (the songs) and every time I heard something she was making I said, ‘Yeah, that’s exactly where I want this thing to go.’ We took a lot of chances, and it was nice to have confidence in somebody - we always do, but this is someone new, young and pretty cool.
“It was interesting to listen to someone’s idea regarding the sound of your band - with no words, no, ‘Hey, this is what you should do’ or ‘Hey, check this out…'” Roberge notes. soundcheck songs” - along with new arrangement and sonic ideas courtesy of Pom-Pom. Roberge says the full album will have plenty of the group’s familiar flavor on tracks such as “Nantucket Is Gone,” “Be Easy” and “Are You For Real” - which he refers to as “homemade O.A.R. gave fans a taste of The Mighty - whose title was inspired by a Richie Sambora introduction of the band before a Red Rocks Amphitheatre concert in 2017 - via the single “Miss You All the Time” last year.