Tune in on Wednesday, December 6th @ 5pm to hear Pacifica speak with Santa Monica based band, Cayucas, ahead of their SF show at The Independent on December 10th.
For their fourth album as Cayucas, brothers Zach and Ben Yudin headed back to the beach—in other words, to the sunny, vibrant, melodic rock from which they first paddled out.
Inspired by that directive, the classic Pet Sounds and Smile Beach Boys sessions, the rhythmic groove of Jan & Dean, and an actual baby blue Schwinn bicycle Zach had owned when the band was going by the name Oregon Bike Trails ten years ago, the brothers began writing new material.
Digging up old drum loops, bass lines, and other samples from the personal Cayucas sound archive to pair with newly composed guitar riffs, vintage reverb effects, and other sonic elements, they quickly pieced together a few dozen short song ideas. “Blue Schwinn” was soon retitled “Summer Moon” and would be the first complete tune recorded for a new album called Blue Summer.
