Here’s a nice little song for your frenzied Friday from the Echo Falls, a Bay Area-based based trio whose self-titled album comes out in November. The smart folk-pop from songwriter Alex Mandel — day job: scoring short films for Pixar — is literate, amiable and, probably, mixtape-worthy. The band plays a dinnertime set Saturday at the Hotel Cafe.
||| Download: “Every Second Thought”
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