One of the hottest instrumental rock bands on the scene today, Pollo Del Mar released their 2004 album, The Golden State on MuSick and it's a good one. Sounding like Neil Young fronting The Ventures, The Golden State rocks with a vengeance and also skirts the borders of symphonic surf music. Featuring the ultra hot guitar interplay of Ferenc Dobronyl and Jono Jones, The Golden State may be a bit too heavy to be considered traditional surf, yet there's enough fury in the waves of sound to make it of interest to long time surf-rockers and progressive guitar instrumental fans. In addition to the group's spellbinding originals, The Golden State offers a rockin' instro of "Hall Of The Mountain King" written by legendary 19th Century classical champion Edvard Grieg.