Every summer must be accompanied by an album. I don’t mean dopey reggae hits or girl-pop numbers repeating the word “summer” ad nauseam, but well-wrought tunes that taste good topped with sunshine while also serving as the soundtrack to the entire season. This summer, it’s The Adventures of You Me & Iowa, from Los Angeles rock/pop outfit You Me & Iowa. The band exists somewhere within a triangle created by the technical mastery of Minus the Bear, the lyrical complexity of Death Cab for Cutie, and pop sensibilities that have been hard to find since the heyday of the Beach Boys. From the first cut, “Dress the Stage,” the record sets sail across waves of poppy rock hooks that are firmly grounded by the band’s musical knowledge – perhaps not surprisingly, knowing that the quintet has between them a wealth of formal training. Adventures was produced and engineered by Dave Newton of Mighty Lemon Drop fame and mixed by J. Robbins (Dismemberment Plan). Couple that production experience with a band as drenched in talent as YM&I and the result is an album that never slows, sinks, or ever sounds anything like any other band on the scene.

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