A disastrous trip to SXSW in 2012 basically split up Matthew Melton's band Bare Wires, the excellent garage punk trio he led for four years and who released three albums. After the rest of the band left, he regrouped in May 2012 under the name Warm Soda, with bassist Chase Oren, guitarist Rob Good, and drummer Ian McBrayer on board. Their sound was similar to that of Bare Wires, but it felt even more like the razor-sharp power pop songs were being blasted out of a tiny AM radio in the summer of 1976. The quartet released a single in September 2012 ("Reaction") and then set their debut album, Someone for You, loose on the world in the early spring of 2013. They returned with their sophomore album, Young Reckless Hearts, in early 2014. ~ Tim Sendra