Photo by Larkin Grimm

Each week we’ll highlight a different song by a Bushwick band or artist we like. If you would like to have your band’s song considered, you can submit an MP3 here.

The best solo projects are undoubtedly the ones that are bigger than just one person. Very Fresh (or V. Fresh) is the project of Cindy Lou Gooden, recently fleshed out into a full band, but a one-woman show at the time of recording “Marker.” The track is mellow in an early ’70s way, rather than lazy in a too-much-fun-last-night way. It’s deliberately relaxed, pleasantly plodding along in uncomplicated guitar leads, but fully-formed and completely supported by an unintrusive rhythm section. And those mentions of disco balls and teenage punks provide a good ’70s throwback as well (even if there is nothing remotely disco or punk about it).

Unlike so many other songs about California, there are no surfy vibes, and the only thing remotely beachy about it are the references to palm trees. It’s lo-fi without affectation, foregoing not only reverb, but — ironically, given the song’s subject matter — warmth. Instead, there are lots of vocal overdubs looping over one another into a simultaneous tangle.

“Marker” is part of Very Fresh’s debut EP, Americana; you can download the EP for free via Bandcamp.

Very Fresh — “Marker” (download)