RCF

RCF is the new bedroom pop project of R. Cole Furlow. A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Furlow is the mastermind behind noise-pop stalwarts Dead Gaze and the former bass player for Dent May. Furlow released three acclaimed albums and several EPs under the Dead Gaze moniker, touring internationally for several years. Pitchfork called Furlow a “real voice of his generation,” Vice heralded the music as a “toe-tapping sway through the feel-goods,” and Allmusic praised the home-produced quality of Dead Gaze’s sophomore album, Easy Travels.

Years of touring and travelling left Furlow at a low point. In 2016 he entered an in-patient rehab for substance abuse. Coming out clean and focused, his new found sobriety gave him a new lease on music creation.

In 2020, the pandemic hit making touring impossible. With Low Variety (previous project) parked on the sideline, pop music came back to Cole in a way that felt familiar. Much like before with the boisterous and catchy hook driven songs of Dead Gaze, Furlow went back to his home studio and made an “isolation” record. FULL FORCE IS WHERE WE ARE came from hours of work in a world of confusion.

“Work was all I could do at the time. I was so full of fear and uncertainty, making the music seemed like the only option I had, not only to oblige safety, but to respect my wife and family by not going stir-crazy.”

Furlow calls this his “Another Green World” harkening back to one of his musical heroes Brian Eno.