Called after a town in southeastern Australia, Tamarama choices its beachside folk-pop after Jack port Johnson, G. Like & Particular Sauce, and other advocates of acoustic guitars and relaxed, casually spun vocals. Founding people Jay G. Lyon and Nick “Pottsy” Potts relocated to NEW YORK following the band’s development, and Lyon’s budding love with reality Television star Whitney Slot (through the MTV series The Hillsides and THE TOWN) helped increase Tamarama’s profile in past due 2008.