***When not watching Cops or drinking 40s in the park, NATHAN DANIEL WILLIAM blogs on classic rap and records waves and waves of effortlessly great slack / crust / beach / punk compressed onto four-track cassette in his San Diego bedroom. WAVVES exemplify every pastiche of what anyone in their mid-20s has been through musically and, somehow, some that they have not. How tunes written by a 22-year-old can evoke boyish reverie and reverence of thoughtful nostalgia is anyone's guess, but that's the sound of today's American youth! It's a new day rising and as the Wavves get higher, they gotta converge. You can choose to stay down in the curl, but if you follow the winner, we can meet up on the crest. (STREET DATE - 3/17/2009)