Thee Oh Sees

A band plays by the side of an American highway in a music video. The musicians look kind of catatonically into what they're doing on a grassy patch, oblivious to both the traffic and the camera. The music they're making is catchy and familiar with a great big wash of fuzz over the top. That's a typical slice of Thee Oh Sees surf'n'turf pizza party that's here on tour from San Francisco this week, en route to play the Meredith Music Festival in Victoria.

Formed by John Dyer (Coachwhips, Yikes, Burmese), Thee Oh Sees are a four-piece whose sound conjures up images of sixties maudlin college mixers that eventually turn into wild frat stompers. Somebody spiked the punch! That said, their garage band feel is free of boring revivalism, this group mean business...in a laid-back west coast kind of way. A band heard best live to feel their sun-soaked visions of teen dreams and keggers up close.

Supporting are Concrete Playground faves Naked on the Vague playing their gothic pop, along with Circle Pit and Yes Mix.