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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Oregon Bike Trails (2011-2012) |
| Origin | Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Genres | Indie pop, surf pop, lo-fi |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Members | Zach Yudin Ben Yudin |
| Website | cayucas.com |
Cayucas, previously Oregon Bike Trails, is an American indie pop band from Santa Monica, California. The group includes Zach Yudin on lead vocals and twin brother Ben Yudin on guitar. [1] The band signed to Secretly Canadian in 2012.
Zach Yudin, then a musician for nearly five years, posted his first song under the name Oregon Bike Trails on January 18, 2011. [2] He was associated with Father/Daughter Records in the early part of his career. [3]
In 2012, Yudin expanded from a solo project to a band and he officially changed the group's name from Oregon Bike Trails to Cayucas. Cayucas signed with indie record label Secretly Canadian in October 2012, [4] and soon after released a single, "Swimsuit," and announced a tour with Ra Ra Riot for February 2013.
In February 2013, Cayucas announced a handful of European tour dates. In March, the band performed in a Secretly Canadian showcase at South by Southwest. Their debut full-length album Bigfoot, was released on April 30 by Secretly Canadian. The album was produced by fellow Secretly Canadian artist Richard Swift. [5]
The single "Moony Eyed Walrus" was released by Secretly Canadian on April 29, 2015, ahead of the sophomore album entitled Dancing at the Blue Lagoon, out June 23, 2015. The band enlisted Ryan Hadlock to engineer and produce the record. Davey Brozowski played drums and percussion on the record while Mat Santos and Rebecca Zeller of Ra Ra Riot played bass and strings.
The band's third album Real Life was released on April 19, 2019, and was preceded by the single "Jessica WJ".
The band's fourth album, preceded with singles "Yeah Yeah Yeah" & "California Girl"
| Title | Album details |
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| Bigfoot |
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| Dancing at the Blue Lagoon |
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| Real Life |
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| Blue Summer |
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| Year | Title | Album |
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| 2012 | "Cayucos/Swimsuit'" | Bigfoot |
| 2013 | "High School Lover" | |
| "East Coast Girl" | ||
| 2015 | "Moony Eyed Walrus" | Dancing at the Blue Lagoon |
| 2018 | "Jessica WJ" | Real Life |
| 2020 | "Yeah Yeah Yeah" | Blue Summer |
| "Lonely Without You" | ||
| "Malibu '79 Long" | ||
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