There’s the Golden State, the Golden Poppy, and of course, the Gold Rush; ever since the first screams of ‘Eureka!’ trembled down the Sacramento Valley back in 1848, California’s legacy has been defined by its relationship to that little nugget of truth found up in the nether reaches of NorCal. Likewise, ever since the Morning Benders released their debut album Talking Through Tin Cans ‘mdash; whether you take advice from the guy behind the desk at Lou’s Records in Encinitas or the critics over at iTunes ‘mdash; all ends of the spectrum seem to agree: The Morning Benders have struck gold.
Their liberation-rock revolt voraciously bobs its sea of grinning heads to a hand-clappable procession of steel wheels, churning out bohemian fantasy as if beneath an open-air freight, cruising across the Pacific countryside. Berkeley virtuosos play an acoustic-guitar laden, piano-pounding drive to wrap us in an earthen core of redwood ‘mdash; the exact aural remedy for stress-ridden muscles and dramatic winter tussles.
And how could one snag their ears a piece of such fantastically golden musical sensation? Well, like any chunk of precious metal, we’ve simply had to wait for the goods to sift through the silt and make their way down south. The morning contortionists will be kicking off their tour from a perch within the glittering glass walls of UCSD’s newest performance space:.the Loft.
Accompanied by the new-age folk duo of Los Angeles duo the Submarines ‘mdash; more often than not caught in the cathartic blades of a genre blender ‘mdash; the Morning Benders will bring your ears to their toes, your toes into rhythmical throes and your face to a state that would make any mirror exclaim, ‘Wow, it glows!’
The Morning Benders will play at the Loft on Thursday, Jan. 29. Doors open at 8 p.m.