“People hear surf guitar in our music, but I think that comes more from the fact Dick Dale was Greek – so Misirlou was a Greek tune”: Introducing LA LOM, the LA trio turning fiberglass guitars and psychedelia into a dance party of guitar instrumentals

LA LOM [L-R] Nicholas Baker on percussion, Zac Sokolow on his fiberglass guitar, and Jake Faulkner plays a custard-yellow double bass.

A while ago, growing bored of familiar tunes, we asked British jump blues guitarist Chris Corcoran for his recommendations: “Check out LA LOM,” was his unhesitating reply.

We did so and weren’t disappointed – the band’s music, captured in what looks like ’50s Technicolor on their artfully shot videos – sounds like something you might have heard in a dockside bar in Havana sometime back in the day.