“If 2002 was a supposed resurrection of Velvet Underground-encouraged NYC garage rock, 2003 might be the year of the Beach Boys: check The Thrills, a troop of shaggy-haired Dubliners who, after camping out in San Diego for four months, have successfully adopted the breezy, sun-seeking saunter of California's much-mythologized coastal heroes. On the band's glossy debut, *So Much for the City*, vocal”
