Beach Fossils Daydream: SXSW Music 2012

Beach Fossils is a Brooklynbased group, formed in early 2009 by Dustin Payseur. After signing to Captured Tracks and quickly pulling together a live band, they took off playing countless shows across the U. S. gathering a slew of devoted fans in their wake. In May of the same year, their debut LP Beach Fossils met with favorable reviews and became known for its jangly, single note guitar style, dusted with summerfueled romance. As the heavy touring schedule progressed, the band became scattered with many lineup changes, including twelve different drummers and three guitarists. In between tours, Payseur decided to expand beyond solo recordings and collaborate with bassist John Peña (and labelmate Jack Tatum of Wild Nothing on the song Out in the Way ) for the EP, What a Pleasure, which was released in March of 2011. Payseur takes influence from music, poetry, art and philosophers (Don Cherry, Ravi Shankar, Rumi, LaoTzu and Jean Cocteau), having an equal and crucial impact on his work br, br,