Cayucas

The sunny pop project of Santa Monica-based songwriter Zach Yudin, Cayucas pays tribute towards the seaside town of Cayucos, California aswell simply because the lighthearted sounds of the first to mid-’60s (for concert events, the project includes his twin sibling Ben, Banah Winn, Casey Wojtalewicz, and Christian Koons). Previously making music beneath the moniker Oregon Bicycle Paths, Yudin double-majored in music theory/creation and Japanese in university, and after spending a calendar year in Tokyo after graduation, centered on perfecting Cayucas’ audio. Sampling performers like Harry Belafonte, the Pets, as well as the Tornadoes, and composing songs on classical guitar, he pieced jointly some nostalgic however timeless-sounding music that he submitted online. After putting your signature on to Secretly Canadian Information, Yudin collaborated with manufacturer Richard Swift, who added even more primary instrumentation to Cayucas’ music. The results had been Bigfoot, a couple of eight summery monitors that found its way to Apr 2013. It made an appearance in the very best 50 of Billboard’s Separate Albums graph, and comprehensive touring to get works including Lord Huron and Youthful the Giant implemented. A sophomore record, which acknowledged both Zach and Ben Yudin as bandmates, was documented with Ryan Hadlock (the Lumineers, Brandi Carlile) at Keep Creek in Woodinville, Washington. Dance on the Blue Lagoon found its way to June 2015.