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  With the amount of rock music that exists in the world- presently and throughout history- it is important to see the way someone such as Odd Marshall chooses to use the elements they can combine with other sounds.   With these sweet acoustics that almost sound like a ukelele, "Santa Barbara" can feel like the melodic rhythm of a Beach Boys song but with perhaps a little bit more funk added to it.  At the same time, this song reminds me a bit of Marcy Playground. I just feel as if there is this certain sound of melody which becomes so pure and so easy to listen to, but doesn't quite breach into pop music.  While this song could highlight that melody and become more of a bubblegum pop flavor of sound, that would also annoy me because it would become just too catchy and over the top.  The way it is right now is perfectly on that border of being pop without over staying its welcome.   While the beginning of this song discusses some Saints in Santa Barbara who say they