Beachwood Sparks "The Tarnished Gold" - 2012LP

There are a few quintessential Los Angeles experiences....The Walk of Fame, surfing Porto, The Hollywood Bowl, riding a cruiser in Venice, doing blow with Charlie Sheen, collecting unemployment, and oh so many smore......This morning I experienced one of those moments......I did blow with Charlie Sheen.  No really.....I drove in a convertible down the PCH.  In my over a decade in LA I had yet to ride in a convertible down the PCH.....Exiting Santa Monica at the beginning of our journey to Malibu my buddy hit me on the shoulder "What should we listen to???"....Holy Shiot what pressure......Beach Boys? Jackson Brown? Warren Zevon?...All the obvious choices crossed my mind.....then I remembered a brand new album that was passed my way (thank you LF).  They were suppose to be the Laurel Canyon/freak-folk/SoCal surf laid back beach vibe/type of band.....Oh boy.....They were.......and they were so much more.  The Beachwood Sparks have perfectly bottled up Los Angeles....When you spray the contents of the bottle you are immediately transported to the front seat of a convertible riding down the PCH.......with Charlie in the back handing you key bumps........this album is very good:

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