Not to be confused with the similarly titled Bush album, The Golden State is Pollo Del Mar's third studio full-length, and one of the only instrumental surf rock albums I've heard in ages (Atomic 7's latest being the only other I've noticed this year). Though their melodic spy guitar riffs will command most of your attention on first listen, it's Pollo Del Mar's fluid rhythms that really make these songs work. Some tracks come too close to latter-day Yes's melodramatic pop prog for my tastes, this is a pretty solid offering that serves as a nice change of pace from everything else the record industry is hawking these days.