Kevin Bronson on June 5th, 2017

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The Verigolds are a San Diego quartet whose polished blend of folk, electronic and psychedelic rock has made them a big hit in the 619. Last year the band — Jenna Cotton, Eliot Ross, Ben Smedley and Craig Schreiber — released their San Diego Music Awards-honored full-length “For Margaret,” which ebbs and flows on Cotton’s clarion vocals. Now the foursome has graduated to working in the studio with veteran producer Ed Stasium, whose body of work includes albums by the likes of the Ramones, Talking Heads, Living Colour, Reverend Horton Heat, Hoodoo Gurus, Translator and the Pursuit of Happiness. The new single “Walk on Water” is the first from that collaboration, and Cotton sings it like she can walk on water, as she and her mates exude the resolve of ’90s college rockers (10,000 Maniacs come to mind, only spacier) who can’t wait to get out of the clubs. Stay for Ross’s gritty guitar.

||| Stream: “Walk on Water”

||| Also: Stream the Verigolds’ 2016 album, “For Margaret”

||| Live: The Verigolds play Friday on Day 1 of San Diego’s two-day Oysterfest, which features Ghostland Observatory, Rocket From the Crypt, Matisyahu, Dam-Funk and many more at Embarcadero Marina Park North. Info.