Tomorrows Tulips - "When" (Official Music Video)

On the title track from last year’s When, Burger Records rockers and blatant apostrophe-omitters Tomorrows Tulips run the label’s trademark throwback West Coast garage rock through a ’90s alt-rock churn. I’d cite Yo La Tengo’s immortal cover of the Beach Boys’ “Little Honda,” but it’s a bit like Pavement taking a crack at a similar Brian Wilson tune, spreading a thick layer of languid drone all over cheery surfside rock ‘n’ roll and slowing it to a steady crawl. Tin Ojeda and Dominic Santos’ video sets the song to a splitscreen narrative involving a recording studio, skuzzy apartments, seedy diners, and many intriguing characters.