Kevin Bronson on January 11th, 2010

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The Morning Benders, the young Berkeley-based quartet with SoCal roots, sound downright grown up on the initial track they’ve released from their sophomore album “Big Echo.” The song “Promises,” released for free download today, finds the foursome’s sound not nearly as spindly, though every bit as nimble and engaging as it was on the band’s debut album “Talking Through Tin Cans” was two springs ago. “Big Echo,” produced by Morning Benders frontman Christopher Chu and Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor, comes out March 9 on Rough Trade.

||| Download: “Promises”

||| Live: The Morning Benders perform March 25 at the Troubadour.