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I See Hawks In L.A.

Formed in 1999 by Rob Waller and brothers Paul and Anthony Lacques during a philosophical discussion and rock-throwing session on an east Mojave desert trek, I See Hawks in L.A. wrote their first batch of songs, and then sought advice from local country rock guru David Jackson. Jackson set up a few mics and records Ro and Paul, adding his own melodic bass line. This demo turned into the featured songs on the Hawksâ eponymous debut. The CD also established the Hawks' signature sound: high, lonesome three-part harmony, twangy guitar and unadorned acoustic arrangements, with lyrics musing on mortality, whales, and the geography of pre-apocalyptic L.A.

"These freewheeling lords of California psych country approach their music almost as if it were a portal, an unseen threshold that, once crossed, promises a wholly unpredictable experience. The Hawks singular style always operates on an epic scale, exploring weird panoramas of hallucinatory metaphor with a sound as much traditional hillbilly as it is accelerated lysergic-rock spontaneity. Up, up and away."
- Jonny Whiteside, L.A. Weekly