In their debut single "Let’s Just Go Surf" (streaming below), San Francisco’s Idle Joy wear a few different hats. The laid-back chorus of "let’s just go surf instead" falls directly in line with — you guessed it — West Coast surf-rock aesthetics, but there’s also a certain bounce (and maybe even a twang, although it’s phased out in the second half of the track) that calls back to Americana influences. Not to say this is anywhere near California country, but there’s definitely a melting pot of sounds that blend infectiously into an exciting single. When lead singer Tom Conneely wrote the track he said he was "thinking about his own relationship and a friend’s relationship, and how easy bonds can suddenly feel the strain of external forces that compromise and complicate nice things." Idle Joy will be playing alongside Wax Statues and Killer Whale at Amnesia tonight to celebrate Wax Statues’ album release.
Listen to the Deli’s exclusive premiere of "Let’s Just Go Surf" below.