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[SURF ROCK] It’s hard to believe that such tidy, ultra-melodic surf-pop can actually come from the cloud-heavy cover of Western New York. True, the sentiment isn’t always as sunny to match, but that’s part of the fun. Bryan Johnson and Family wrap old-timey themes of juvenile angst in bouncy, two- to three-minute pop songs that help us forget how awfully complicated life has become. Check out “Beaches” from the Cool Your Jets EP—out late last fall on Admirable Traits—wherein Johnson laments not being able to accompany his gal for a day at the beach. The four-piece will surely lift spirits at Nietzsche’s on Saturday, April 18 with American Low, MAGS and the Midnight Hollow.