The story of Chief is one of two coasts. Though Evan Koga, Mike Moonves and brothers Danny and Michael Fujikawa were all born and raised as sons of Los Angeles, they left for New York University, worlds away. It was in New York that they first got to know one another as collaborators, rumbling through a number of semi-serious projects and solo ventures before feeling swept away by a small run of songs Koga had penned and presented to them. He had written them under the name Chief, a moniker the rest of the guys opted to keep the day they first formed. It was on New York stages that they honed their songs and found their sound, a thoughtfully melodic update on summer and road records past. Natural, timeless songwriting for times that change too quickly. In early 2009, Chief started to migrate home to the City of Angels for good. On Modern Rituals, their first full-length and Domino debut, their transcontinental downshift is captured in gorgeous, full-bodied stereo. "drips with the shimmer of the sun" NEW YORK MAGAZINE "Chief pile up lush, profoundly stoned harmonies...Modern Rituals is pretty stuff" ROLLING STONE "an essential soundtrack to summer 2010" LA TIMES "a creamy blend of gorgeous vocal harmonies and shimmering guitar riffs" SPIN "Chief sounds as vintage as Laurel Canyon's heyday and as sunny as its year-round weather. Modern Rituals is eleven tracks of hopeless nostalgia and unabashed un-trendiness." SELF-TITLED "If there was ever an album that made you want to jump in a convertible and hit the open road, it would be Chief's introspective Modern Rituals, a must for all alt-folk devotees." VOGUE [Summer's Ten Best Albums]