Thanks to the awesome music app Pandora I have discovered a cool new band.

Speechwriters LLC is an acoustic rock band from So Cal. Their sound is a mix of Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, and Red Hot Chili Peppers with some funky slide guitar riffs thrown in for good measure. The song CHBB (or Crazy Heart-Breaking Bitches as it is named on the MP3) got me interested, but several other tracks, including Clones and The Ballad of Johnny Lo frequently get stuck in my head when they pop up in my iPod’s shuffle.

While some of the band’s feature albums are available on CD or for download through iTunes and Amazon, nearly all of their catalog is available as free downloads on various “mix tapes” in the SWLLC Digital Archive.