Childhood friends Evan Westfall and Taylor Meier began playing coffee houses around Athens, Ohio in 2013. Out of their friendship and talent, they formed CAAMP with bass player Matt Vinson. One of the highlights from the band’s third album By and By, which was released in 2019, is “Peach Fuzz.”
“Peach Fuzz” has a laid-back groove, telling about young lovers hanging out. The band has a wonderful sound with strong acoustic guitars, nodding at times to alternative bands like Wilco. Westfall’s banjo and the group’s harmonies (and Meier’s smoky lead singing) add a dash of Mumford & Sons while also mixing in some sunny California and Midwestern folk-rock sounds.
The song “Peach Fuzz” begins:
I was in the corner,
Drinking from the punch;
Yeah you were in the kitchen,
Cuttin’ up a rug;
No need to complicate it,
I had fallen in love
With you, so underrated,
Something fillin’ up my lungs.
You may here the official release of “Peach Fuzz” here. Or check out below a live performance, featuring a guitar-jam finale, of CAAMP in Cecil, Denmark in May 2019.
For more on CAAMP, head over to the band’s website.
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