The band name, album title, cover art and record label leave no doubt about what to expect. More importantly, they also deliver: this is the danceable surf sound that completes this summer. Californian Tiki outfit Shorty’s Swingin’ Coconuts debuted last year with the Mai Tai in Hi-Fi, which the veterans of the scene now follow up with their first full-length album. For Surf Shack Shindig, Shorty Poole (steel guitar, rhythm guitar, piano), Randall Stanton (bass, electric upright bass), Mike Sobieski (lead guitar, organ) and Santos De Leon (drums, percussion) recorded fourteen fresh and diverse steel guitar surf instrumentals. The skilled musicians link original melodies to appealing hooks and a cinematic atmosphere, ideal for shaking your hips on the dancefloor, but also for dreaming away to hold on to that holiday feeling for a while.
Surf Shack Shindig is out now digitally and on vinyl LP through Hi-Tide Recordings.