To those who cringe when they hear the word surf, this isn’t so happy – picking different elements for one of the most looked over sixties memories to lodge itself in our indie scenes, The Californian is a band from LA with an EP,and album and a couple of singles in their back-pocket, and a dark approach to surf patterns – way lower in tone and mood than any Best Coast. The waves can flow nonchalantly like they can be lively, but as the atmosphere fills up with fuzz, minor chords and monotone vocals, there’s always something dragging their songs towards a peacefully numbing melancholy. See them at The Satellite on September 22nd with Winnipeg’s Royal Canoe and locals Boys School.
