Family Of The Year - Loma Vista

Loma Vista, the second album from LAs Family Of The Year, has been, as is the nature of the brilliant bohemian party band, a pass-it-on thing. You imagine it being knocked together by a bunch of drunk, house-sharing friends during a wild-assed late night sing-along, recorded on a weed-dusted antique tape deck, left by the stereo and forgotten about. But this is a record so good, so packed with joy and celebration and melodic wonder that they could simply leave a tape of it lying around in their communal party den and eventually it would spread across the world. This was the sort of inclusive, in-the-moment, elated cocoon music that made you feel that you were right there, head full of bliss, heralding the dawn with your new best friends. It was free candy; you just have to share it around.