New Wave EP "Skinny Ties" Released!
Today I released Skinny Ties, a new 5-track EP of 3 original songs and 2 instrumentals. I composed this music as a tribute to 1980's New Wave music, which was a musical revolution for me and so many other people at the time.
Members of the Denver band Chroma Lips served as the studio band, contributing drums, bass, synthesizer and backing vocals. I contributed lead vocals, guitar and synthesizer tracks.
Skinny Ties was released on my Bandcamp site, where you can listen to all the songs for free. If you like the music, you can help me recover some of the costs of making it by downloading the album for a minimum of $5, or whatever additional price you want to pay to help me out.
Skinny Ties will be released to the streaming services in the next month, and CD and vinyl releases are under consideration.
I hope you enjoy Skinny Ties!
--Rob Roper, July 28, 2026
New Wave EP in Progress
I have finished recording a new 5-track EP, and it is in the mixing stage now. This EP will be under the Rob Roper name, and will contain three original songs and two original instrumentals. The music is influenced by the 1980's New Wave era. Recording and mixing are being handled by engineer Jeff Kanan at The Keep Recording in Denver, where I recorded the last two albums..
--Rob Roper, June 20, 2026
New EP Released!
Today I released a new 3-song EP by Total Flower Chaos, Dandelions. These songs are the result of collaborative songwriting by Connor Gibson (drums, vocals), Ryan Watts (bass) and myself (guitars, synthesizers, vocals). You can hear them on the Total Flower Chaos Bandcamp site.
--Rob Roper, December 3, 2025
New Recording Project, Rob Fest 2025
I plan to record 3 or 4 EPs over the next year. The first of those is in progress now. It is with my former bandmates in Total Flower Chaos, Ryan Watts and Connor Gibson. We took 3 jams from our old practice sessions and gave them some structure. One will be a song, with lyrics by Connor, and the other two will be instrumentals. That should be finished in September and released in the fall.
The annual Rob Fest will be held at the Englewood Tavern in Englewood, Colorado, on August 22 at 8pm. It's always been at Gennaro's in the past, but Gennaro's closed in February and has not re-opened. I will play an acoustic set, as usual, and then Connor and Ryan will join me to play the songs we are recording for the new EP, as well as a couple of older Total Flower Chaos songs. Denver psychedelic rock band, Moonlight Bloom, will close the show.
--Rob Roper, August 6, 2025