Plateaus

Plateaus is a punk-flavored power pop quartet formed in San Diego in the late 2000s. The band came together from a loosely connected scene of area musicians who were all playing in other outfits -- drummer and sound engineer Jon Greene, singer/guitarist Kevin Gist, guitarist Elliot Moeller, and bassist Chris Rosi. The group quickly developed a sound informed by the grittier side of power pop, mainly bands like <a href="spotify:artist:1USc9u5yL4tUaQKhGWNuvj">Redd Kross</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4oV5EVJ0XFWsJKoOvdRPvl">Guided by Voices</a>, and early additions to the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Flying+Nun+Records%22">Flying Nun Records</a> roster. They chose their band name as an abstraction of the movie title Platoon, decided on when Gist was looking through DVDs and thought a slight mispronunciation of the title would make a fitting moniker. The group played locally for many months before releasing what would be a series of 7" singles on underground punk labels <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Art+Fag%22">Art Fag</a> and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hozac%22">Hozac</a> in 2011. In 2011 they also toured heavily, and 2012 was spent preparing a debut full-length, also slated for release on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Art+Fag%22">Art Fag</a> records. ~ Fred Thomas, Rovi