As mainstays of the Southern California indie rock scene, both bands have been friends and longtime collaborators, but it wasn’t until 2010 that they rounded up their songs and recorded I Heart California in Espinoza’s Echo Park-based studio-cum-record-label, The Ship.
Admiral Radley sounds just like what you’d think an Earlidaddy or Grandimart would sound like (rumor has it both these names were once tabled for discussion) — guitar pop from the wistful, dreamy side of the indie spectrum with the occasional urge to rock, or to break your heart, or both.
Check out “Ghosts of Syllables” below, a track that strongly recalls Earlimart’s “Gonna Break Into Your Heart” — and try not to be haunted by that opening melody.
[audio:/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/02-Ghosts-of-Syllables1.mp3]Admiral Radley, “Ghosts of Syllables”