The Blank Tapes are spectacular and dare we say, just in time for the warm weather. That’s all that can be said of the trio after we caught their show on Atlanta’s East Side at The Earl for their afternoon show.

We grabbed a bite to eat with the band where Matt Adams, the mastermind behind The Blank Tapes, mentioned that a few years back he played in the front room of the bar by himself. Happy to be back and psyched for the show, he settled in with his lady love and backup vocalist Pearl Charles and bassist/friend D.A. Humphrey for some beer, meatloaf and boiled peanuts (where Adams admitted, “we’re currently touring the South, I think we’ve had boiled peanuts everyday for the last week”) before their set.

Groovy, rad, intimate and pristine, this trio is two-parts lovers one part friend working together with one goal in mind – bringing newness to 2013. Their music sensibilities are of particular left-vibe uniqueness. With Charles’s Moe Tucker-esque drumming, Humphrey on bass and Adams on lead guitar and vocals, these Southern Californians have a simple yet raw set up, one that is based on three part harmonies and ‘60s classic pop. Their live presence is fluid. Together they create a full voice, one that filled the spacious venue and resonated throughout the hall into the dining area and into the streets.

Vacationer, the bands first full LP dropped in May and by God, it is charming. The room for the live performance was unable to control the mellow swinging of their lanky limbs as tracks “Pearl” and “Coast to Coast” bellowed out of the lovely mouths of Adams and Charles. “Brazilia,” an enchanting beach-soaked groove of relaxation inspired by a vacation with friends to Brazil, set the pace for the bands evening – one we’d call “an endeavor of ultimate leisure.”

The Blank Tapes are intellects – together they stream, weave and entwine theme of vacation throughout their LP just as true poets and writers have done in literature throughout centuries. With some rainbow, coast, hippie and holy-roller references, the live sound of The Blank Tapes is even more impressive than the album, if you can believe it.

Having done the soundtrack for the cult-surfer film Stoked and Broke and being swept to Japan to tour with the film, this band is always on the go – always headed between coasts and influencing the youth with their youthful ringing and classic Californian ways – and hey, we wouldn’t want it any other way.