Rocky Loves Emily

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new music available at www.myspace.com/rockylovesemily Honesty is the best policy. Or, at least, it’s the sensibility Rocky Loves Emily embraced while making their long-awaited debut album, Secrets Don’t Make Friends. As reflected in the disc’s title, the band was focused on channeling a true representation of themselves both as people and musicians on the album. In many ways, the album showcases how the rock group, who hail from a suburb of Detroit, MI, has grown up since forming early 2009. From their first EP, released at the stroke of midnight that New Years Eve, to their first disc on Tooth & Nail, the 2010 EP American Dream, Rocky Loves Emily has been on a journey to discover how best to express themselves. “The band grew into who we are as people between the EP and this album,” Andrew explains. “We figured out who we are and put it into music.” That process was greatly aided by producer Matt Grabe (The Maine, The Summer Set). After touring to support American Dream, Rocky Loves Emily headed down to Phoenix in July of 2011, armed with an album’s worth of demos they’d recorded in their practice space back in Michigan. Originally, the plan was to flesh out the demos using electronic elements, but Matt quickly rerouted the process to embrace the band’s live rock aesthetic. “We had written all the songs on our own back in Michigan and recorded demos of them,” Brandon says. “Just rough live recording demos, just one mike in the room. When we sent Matt the demos he wa

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Secrets Don't Make Friends

American Dream

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Indie/Rock Playlist: May (2012)

I'm Not a Dang Polar Bear, I'm a Human Being

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Tooth & Nail Records Summer Sampler 2011

Miserable Love

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American Dream - EP

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What What What

Clueless

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Paper and Pen

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Tooth & Nail Records "Tastier Than A Fruit Cake" Sampler

Be Mine Tonight

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