Kevin Bronson on April 1st, 2011

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There’s a little bit of fractured soul – and a lot of deftly executed knob-twiddling – bubbling up in the first two tracks by Gardens & Villa, the Santa Barbara quintet of Chris Lynch, Levi Hayden, Adam Rasmussen, Shane McKillop and Dustin Ineman. No surprise that they’ve found a studio ally in sonic adventurer and fellow falsetto-wielder Richard Swift, who recorded the band in Cottage Grove, Oregon, last summer. Two songs emerged on a 7-inch this year on Cool Summer Records, but there are more – soon, in fact, you can expect an announcement that Gardens & Villa are signing to respected Midwest-based independent label.

||| Download: “Black Hills” and visit Gardens & Villa on Bandcamp to get “Orange Blossom”

||| Live: Gardens & Villa perform Monday at the Bootleg Theater and April 28 at the Silverlake Lounge.