Wavves.

Nathan Williams is from San Diego, California and plays under the moniker Wavves... and is set to release his third album King of the Beach on August 3 via Fat Possum Records... this time around Nathan has a complete rhythm section backing him... consisting of Stephen Pope and Billy Hayes... both formerly of the late Jay Reatard’s touring band... Wavves self titled record received notable praise in 2009... mostly from us blogger kids... and well Pitchfork... and the bar is set even higher with King of the Beach... for the last week I can't seem to stop listening to stand out tracks... King of the Beach, Take on the World, Green Eyes and Baby Say Goodbye over and over again... thanks mediafire... I've literally been ignoring the other 13,000 songs on my ipod... I even uploaded it for my girlfriend... but I fully expect her to make a vacuum sound crossed with a pissed off badger next time I see her... she lacks a love of low-fi... but I don't know how anyone can't love surf music no matter how it's produced... I think it helped that I grew up with my dad beating the steering wheel and singing along to the Beach Boys on those long drives to the cottage... lying in the back of that old brown Dodge pickup truck with my brother and a mattress my mother cut out of foam... a pocket full of garbage pail candy and popeye cigarettes... maybe I was just hyperactive from the sugar yet part of it came from hearing Brian Wilson's familiar voice and knowing I would be spending the next two months in nothing but a bathing suit ... I realise now how much of an effect that has had on me... with Surfer Blood, The Morning Benders and now Wavves coming out with records this year... surf music is dominating much of my playlist... even though I haven't been seen in a bathing suit for years.
Stream King of the Beach here.
King of the Beach:

01. King Of The Beach
02. Super Soaker
03. Idiot
04. When Will You Come?
05. Post Acid
06. Take On The World
07. Baseball Cards
08. Convertible Balloon
09. Green Eyes
10. Mickey Mouse
11. Linus Spacehead
12. Baby Say Goodbye