As soon as the twangy guitar strains kick in on it's first track, "Annabelle Lee," The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea transports you to a white-sand beach where tropical drinks are unlimited and hula girls undulate around you continuoulsy. We have San Francisco's own Pollo Del Mar, a long time leader in its instrumental genre, to thank for that. Rippin' guitarists Jono Jones and Ferenc Dobronyi, bassist Jefferson Turner and drummer Chris Thomas have been making waves in the Bay Area since1993. The band's surf-music roots and intrepid exploration into jazz, funk and good old rock 'n' roll fuse effortlessly again on The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea with a customary mixture of original work and covers. Of special note are groovy renditions of The Dead Kennedys' "Moon Over Marin" and Herb Alpert's "South of the Border." Cover art: 9