<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">From
the sound of their <a href="http://www.deadoceans.com/home.php" target="_blank">Dead Oceans</a> debut, <em>Freedom
Wind</em>, you wouldn't know that Jason Brewer and the boys from <a href="http://www.myspace.com/explorersclub" target="_blank">The Explorer's
Club</a> hailed from Charleston, SC—or from the 2000s. Their sound is
quintessential 60s Beach Boys pop rock with a little Sun Studios, the Beatles
and some 70s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTI8vg7A5U" target="_blank">yacht rock</a> thrown in,
and they're not doing much to hide it.<span> </span>That's all well and good. It's an album of pleasant vocal harmonies, reverb-heavy
guitars<span> </span>and light keys—something to go along with, say, palm trees and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EQcvKCFFW4" target="_blank">margarita
glasses of Absolut vodka</a>.<span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span></span>The
Explorer's Club would fit well in a line-up with other recent SoCal-inspired
indie bands: <a href="http://www.pnsubs.com/" target="_blank">Probir and The Substitutes</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thedonkeys" target="_blank">The Donkeys</a>, even Grizzly Bear, and
their music was (fittingly) featured on the O.C. last seen. Check out the first
two tracks for some straight-off-Brian-Wilson's-Greatest-Hits surfer
pop:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Forever:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">
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</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Honey, I Don't Know Why:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">
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<br /></span></p>
Zach Kaufmann
the explorers club, exclusive download, surf rock, beach boys pop
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<p>The Explorer's Club don't mind the fact that they mine the best parts of SoCal, the Beach Boys and surf pop rock. We don't, either.</p>
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