Great Apes offer up some local history on a new track
San Francisco’s Great Apes has been kicking around for a number of years, offering up rough and tumble pop-punk songs the whole time. Though it has always had a sense of humor–the band oncemoonlighted as a reggae-themed Jawbreaker cover band–frontman Brian Moss’ (The Ghost, The Wunder Years, Hanalei) has always kept the band conceptual. On Great Apes’ debut album, Thread, Moss’ lyrics were inspired by conversations with his friends. Now, he’s taking that concept a bit further, and on the band’s upcoming EP on Asian Man Records, Playland At The Beach, he’s telling the stories of San Francisco, the city Great Apes call home.