A Los Angeles-based duo built around core members Martin Nunez (aka Sir Psych) and Al Rivera (aka LA AL), the Smoking Trees specialize in garage-fueled blasts of sunshine psych-rock and shimmery Baroque pop. Formed in 2001, Nunez and Rivera spent the early 2000s recording at home on a four-track and honing their sound. As jobs and families began to demand more time, the duo drifted apart, but in 2011 they reconvened and doubled down on the project, issuing their full-length debut, Acetate, via Burger Records two years later. The band's second studio long player, TST, arrived in 2015. ~ James Christopher Monger