Young Prisms

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Young Prisms is a San Francisco psychedelic/garage/beach-pop band, influenced by the California coast, Charlton Heston, and late night spiritual pow wows. They recorded their self-titled EP in the living room of their apartment in the first half of 2009. On this first spaced-out EP, the band strands its listeners in the solitude of a beach fireworks display with nothing but lights for the tongue and acid for the ears–arresting, colors everywhere. Made up of Matthew Allen, Giovanni Betteo, Jason Hendardy, Stefanie Hodapp, and Jordan Silbert, Young Prisms has been prying minds open with their stellar sounds for less than a year since Silbert made the transition from Detroit to San Francisco.

“Young Prisms are a San Francisco collective who make some shoegazy, lo-fi guitar tunes influenced by the psychedelic tradition of their Golden State forbears. Their sun-drenched, washed-out sounds recall hearing Kurt Vile’s 70s AM rock through a conch shell– so they should fit in well as his labelmates on Brooklyn’s Mexican Summer, who will release their self-titled EP next month.” (Pitchfork)

“This local quintet makes sun-bleached, washed-out psych-rock that fits perfectly with the warm and cozy lo-fi sounds that permeate San Francisco.” (SF Chronicle)