back in the day...
I don't know much about CA; I know even less about the San Joaquin valley (home of Joaquina). But growing up in WI I know about farms, lazy summer evenings, underage drinking, strip malls and dreams of getting out of a small town. That's what Joaquina is for me. Listening to this album reminds me of bribing older kids to buy me beer, smoking my first cigarette, driving around with my friends on hot summer nights just to burn time, crappy jobs I had in highschool and teenage heartache. Underneath the y'allternative twang, you can hear the dream of something better; pining for a bigger life. That's why I love Joaquina. Big dreams in a small town. Perfect soundtrack for sitting barefoot on a porch on a hot and dry summer night, drinking an ice cold beer.
