Country Rock group The Roamers are led by Matt Rice, a bass player and singer who has been a dedicated performer in the Los Angeles area for many years, and each member brings their own wealth of experience to the table from various musical projects. Their self-titled debut album arrives on September 20th, 2024.

Rice explains:

We’re a new band and we love playing together, but we’re more like a collective than a group. The reason I named it The Roamers is because the members/players kinda roam in and out of the band depending on what day, week or month it is. There are a lot of us involved, and it’s rare that we can all get together at the same time. Usually, we manage to get three, four, or five of us together when needed. We’ve all been musicians for a long time, and have other pursuits. We play in each other’s bands, do session work, and have various gigs. But we’re always excited to play together.

Formed in 2023, the group performed live while Rice was writing songs, making demos at home, and taking them to the studio to cut with the guys at Sharktank. Three songs have already been released as singles, “Room to Roam”, “Do What You Wanna Do“, and “I Can Be Lonely.”

Rice comments:

Most of the songs are a mix of both fact and fiction. As a matter of fact, I almost named the album Facts and Fiction because that’s how I write. Sometimes there’s a real situation or a real person that inspires a song, but then you take that concept and fictionalize the rest of the story. Other times, it’s entirely fictional, written specifically to suit a melody you came up with or to capture a particular mood you’re feeling.