Al Jardine And The Pet Sounds Band To Play Full Beach Boys Album At Special Show

Official Announcement | Published: Feb 21, 2026 1:20 PM EST

(UMe) Al Jardine, co-founding singer, songwriter and guitarist of The Beach Boys, and The Pet Sounds Band will be performing The Beach Boys' cult classic album, The Beach Boys Love You, in is entirety for the first time ever, next Friday, February 27 at the United Theater on Broadway in downtown LA. The Pet Sounds Band features many of the musicians that toured with Brian Wilson for years and is led by Brian and now Al's musical director, Darian Sahanaja.

The one night only performance will also include many Beach Boys classics, from their early surfing hits to their timeless opus, Pet Sounds, which celebrates its 60th anniversary in May. The band will also perform rarities showcased on the acclaimed new box set, We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years, which chronicles and celebrates the music the Beach Boys made between 1976-77 at their Brother Studio in Santa Monica, Calif., when Brian Wilson returned to producing and songwriting.

Recorded largely at Brother Studio with Brian at the console and playing most of the instruments, The Beach Boys Love You strips the group to blocky analog synthesizers, pounding piano, and close-mic'd vocals. Its distinctive sound world - driven by ARP and Oberheim synths rather than traditional Beach Boys instrumentation - has since become one of the most studied and influential aspects of the album, turning songs about parenthood ("I Wanna Pick You Up"), romance ("Roller Skating Child"), the cosmos ("Solar System"), and talk show hosts ("Johnny Carson") into something both childlike and unexpectedly modern. Mike Love and Al Jardine's unmistakable vocal signatures - from Mike's bass and baritone leads to Al's crystalline high parts - play a crucial role in grounding Brian's synthesizer-driven arrangements, while Carl's controlled, elegant leads and Dennis's rough-edged emotional intensity add depth and contrast throughout.

While divisive among critics and fans at release, Brian frequently cited Love You as his favorite Beach Boys record, calling it "the best album we ever made." Over the ensuing nearly five decades since its release, it has become a cult classic and a touchstone for musicians far outside classic rock circles. R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck has also singled it out as his favorite Beach Boys album, and generations of indie and alternative artists have gravitated toward its cracked vocals, minimal synth-pop textures, and outsider sincerity - hearing in it a proto-new-wave sensibility as much as a late-period Beach Boys LP. As Edelson writes in the liners, "Upon the initial release of The Beach Boys Love You, non-believers picked up on the D.I.Y. punk ethos from the Lower East Side all the way to the hipper enclaves across Europe. Today, Brian Wilson's left field use of keyboards in the 1970s is considered to be an early influence for 1980's New Wave, Synth Pop, and New Romantic record makers."

The Pet Sounds Band includes:
Rob Bonfiglio: guitar
Michael D'Amico: drums
Gary Griffin: keyboards
Matt Jardine: vocals
Bob Lizik: bass
Jim Laspesa: percussion
Darian Sahanaja: keyboards
Debbie Shair: keyboards
Paul Von Mertens: sax
Emeen Zarookian: guitar