Falling somewhere between the noise-pop of bands like Wavves and Woods and the blissed-out psychedelia of the Beach Boys, Sacramento, California’s Ganglians spent much of 2008 recording. Their debut single, a limited-edition split 7" with Eat Skull, appeared January 2009. The band’s tours and releases came quickly after that, with an appearance at that year’s South by Southwest festival and a self-titled EP and a full-length album, Monster Head Room, arriving on Woodsist. Where Ganglians was abrasive and self-recorded, Monster Head Room was cleaner and trippy at the same time. After a 7" on Captured Tracks, Ganglians signed with Lefse Records, and in 2011, they released Still Living. ~ Heather Phares