This is American music. Drawing on (perhaps channeling?) The Velvet Underground and Post Beatles era John Lennon, Bad Weather California is both timeless and classic while somehow being, simultaneously, forward thinking and modern. They have been around – as in around the country – countless times; touring the United States, Canada and Mexico, calling broken tour vans and random living room sofas home.

Since their first tour with Leeds UK’s Boyracer to the Dave Longstreth (The Dirty Projectors) jaunts to the Thanksgiving west coast rips to the epic voyages with Wolf Colonel, Bad Weather California have shared bills with Doug Martsch (Built to Spill), The Microphones, Scout Nibblete, The Mountain Goats, Little Wings, Mirah, David Dondero, CEX, The Blow… Fuck it. You get the picture.

Most recently the Bad Weather California live experience has been compared to The Flaming Lips, The Band, Bob Dylan (Blond on Blond era). Adolf has been critically praised as a lyricist. But he has a different take on the process.

“Writing songs, or rather letting songs write themselves, has led me down an organic path of self, perhaps even spiritual discovery and creativity. I’m not unique in this. It’s just that I have chosen to share my path through the things that I make. Here’s my vibe: I just want to be a regular dude playing music for regular people. I am not special.”