Standards - Fruit Island CD homepage Episodic is fashioned from ten

Episodic is fashioned from ten feverish bouts of guitar-pop

To coalesce this childlike playfulness into their musical identity

playing among different lineups under various monikers before rebanding in 2017 under the name No Vacation

and poetry project of multifarious artist Deja Carr

Standards - Fruit Island CD homepage Episodic is fashioned from tenLed by the exuberant melodies of cross tapping guitarist Marcos Mena, the LA duo standards make meticulous instrumental math rock whose effervescent riffs teem with sunny enthusiasm. On the band's debut full length, Fruit Island, standards deftly retool math rock's unforgiving, challenging tendencies into a style that is both danceable and compositionally profound. Drummer Forrest Rice's boisterous chops complement Mena's unpredictable melodies,