Video premiere: The Verigolds, ‘Julia’

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The Verigolds

San Diego-bred the Verigolds make dreamy indie-rock with one foot in the sands of California beaches and the other in the sands of the desert. Their folk-cum-psychedelic rock, anchored by the self-possessed vocals of Jenna Cotton, earned them notice on their 2016 album “For Margaret” and the follow-up EP “Sea of Zebras,” released in late 2018.

They return this week with their first new music since that EP: “Julia,” a slow-burner about that moment when sparks fly for the first time. “Dance with me, watch me, tell me,” Cotton beckons while the rest of the Verigolds set a come-hither mood.

“I often find inspiration when I’m emotionally charged, and usually our creative process happens together in the studio,” Cotton says of the making of the song. “That day, [bassist] Aidan Breheny drew influence from the Miles Davis classic, ‘Footprints,’ and started playing a smoky-smooth line, which allowed [guitarist] Eliot Ross to weave his phrasing around the melodic bass in sort of a seductive dance.”

That dance plays out in the video, filmed during the COVID-19 lockdown, which stars and is directed by Julia Rado. The dancer finds space for her emotions in and around the streets of Los Angeles, sparks flying with her every flowing move.

||| Watch: The video for “Julia”

||| Previously: “Walk on Water”