Pas/Cal – I Was Raised on Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura

Pas/Cal is a band that I’ve rediscovered every summer for the past few years. Someone would make a summer mix, I would download it, and suddenly I’d have a new favorite song for sunny days. But, I’d look for an album, and with one nowhere to be found, I’d forget about them. The next summer, it would happen all over again. I was able to see that the had a few EPs, and they were great, but I wanted to hear their quirky pop for a full album. Well, years later, the band is still together, and this week their first full-length, I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura, came out.

To cut to the chase, the album is 50 minutes of pop heaven. The songs are catchy and melodic, yet can take 180 degree turns at the drop of a hat. It’s like these guys absorbed the entire history of pop music, from the Beatles to the Shins, and used it all to make their own sound. And Pas/Cal does pop pastiche really well- I’m talking my year-end list really well. So, check it out, because I have a feeling this is a summer album I’m going to return to long after summer is over.

MP3: Pas/Cal: “Glorious Ballad of the Ignored”
MP3: Pas/Cal: “You Were Too Old For Me” (via Stereogum)

[video] Laura Marling :: “Devil’s Spoke”

Laura Veirs :: ‘July Flame’

Matthew Ryan vs. the Silver State

iTunes Concert Cal

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan | Ballad of the Broken Seas

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