Eight Gigs: Hot Flash Heat Wave

Sat., March 5, 7 p.m., Third Space Art Collective, $5

Hot Flash Heat Wave released its debut album Neapolitan late last year with a much more polished sound than the EP from the year before. With catchy harmonies and enthusiastic live shows, it’s quickly become the West Coast’s band crush. The instrumentation flirts with the early 2000s garage-rock renaissance while vocals stay light and poppy. HFHW sounds surprisingly cohesive for a band that put out its first full-length album in 2015; what each member of the quartet brings to the table melds so well that it sounds like it’s been a group for decades. 946 Olive Drive in Davis, www.facebook.com/
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