n this day and age everyone has a band, and it’s easy to get lost in the haircuts and the ‘this–core’ and the ‘post-that’ and the long band names that invoke bloody doom, so when a bunch of accomplished musicians get together and use their abilities to craft sun soaked Southern California reggae and laid back ska, it’s like, ‘finally, a band that I can just drink beer and dance to. ’ That band is Ellwood and they’re the product of lazy days spent in California’s Santa Ynez Valley just jamming in the garage, the guest house, the barn and a bar. The results are Lost in Transition, Ellwood’s debut on Fat Wreck Chords, due out on June 21st, 2011.
