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voor de liefhebbers van veel Indie en weinig Submarines :)

AB & The Sea - Run Run Run (2011)

Just when you thought S.F. pop outfit A B & the Sea couldn't get more Beach Boys-y, couldn't sound more completely like the soundtrack to a season opposite the one we're in now (have you looked out the window lately?), the boys drop this: "Baby You," off the new Run, Run, Run EP, which is due out Jan. 25. This slice of jangle is so warm and smiley it might give you a sunburn. Have a listen after the jump.

With these loping pianos and twinkling guitar lines -- and the general cotton candy-ness of the whole thing -- we're beginning to wonder whether A B & the Sea live in an alternate universe located inside the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Structure/style/etc., are textbook California pop from the middle of the last century, even down to the saxphone solo halfway through. And frontman Koley O'Brien sounds as crisp and chipper as ever. 

Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -

  Artist:      AB & The Sea
  Album:       Run Run Run
  Label:       Unsigned
  Playtime:    15:53 min
  Genre:       Indie
  Rip date:    2011-02-09
  Street date: 2011-00-00
  Size:        21.73 MB
  Type:        Normal
  Quality:     180 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo

- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -

   Long time friends Koley O'Brien and Joe Spargur founded A B & The Sea January
   1st, 2008--not only marking the start of a new year, but a new journey. They
   packed up their van, waved goodbye to Wisconsin and started making their way
   to California. After going through a line-up change, A B & The Sea was made
   complete again with the addition of drummer Troy Lawton, bass player Zak
   LaVigne and David Hunt on keys. While they're new to San Francisco, the boys
   have shared the stage with such notable acts as: FUN, The Fruit Bats, Edward
   Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The Submarines, The Morning Benders, Dear &
   The Headlights and The Miniature Tigers. Often referred to as a modern day
   Beach Boys meets The Beatles, A B & The Sea's beachy, carefree vibes have
   landed them gigs at many prominent SF venues such as The Independent, Slims,
   Bimbos & Bottom of the Hill. With a contagious hunger for success, A B & The
   Sea captured the attention of Chris Chu (The Morning Benders) and Eric
   Frederic (Wallpaper) & produced new songs at legendary Different Fur Studio
   in San Francisco.

- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -

  01. Take It Easy                                                      ( 2:32)
  02. Baby You                                                          ( 3:50)
  03. In and Out                                                        ( 3:18)
  04. Don't Leave Me Now                                        ( 2:39)
  05. Setting Moon                                                    ( 3:34)

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Thanks to Mukke :)

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