Brent Rademaker would like to think that GospelbeacH’s Pacific Surf Line is a celebration of our country’s two left coasts—though maybe he would’ve preferred a bit more Old Florida charm to counter the L.A. swagger. “I really wanted to make this album sound like the kinds of music I listened to growing up in the ’70s,” says Rademaker, a native of the Gulf Coast. By and large, though, Pacific Surf Line celebrates Rademaker’s return to Southern California. For a collective ef fort, the LP is surprisingly lean, with more refined nods to the Flying Burrito Brothers twang that informed Rademaker’s former group, Beachwood Sparks. GospelbeacH—Rademaker, Neal Casal, Jason Soda, Kip Boardman and Tom Sanford—isn’t afraid to broach the breezy accessibility of yacht-rock mainstays like the Eagles and Loggins & Messina, either. The band will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on them.
Sanford: It seems appropriate to write about my appreciation of electromagnetics and magnetic fields for MAGNET. When it comes to amplifying or recording the vibration of strings, drum heads or vocal chords, etc., a magnetic “force” has proved quite essential! As we hurtle through space in magnetic fields. As we eat and drink and create music. As we turn the tuning pegs and twist the drum keys, plug in and switch on, magnetics are there (micing the cones picking up coils and making it all possible). I like magnets. There are some fascinating experiments that can be done with magnets. The variations in size, shape and power lend to a wide range of possibilities in function and utilization … from grains of sand to planetary bodies. Magnets are cool. Thank you.
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