PAPA has a well-received EP out titled A Good Woman is Hard to Find, and a new full-length is being culled together.

But let’s rewind: When Los Angeles-based PAPA first began, it was drummer/singer Darren Weiss with a drum kit alone in a New York City boiler room writing songs during the hours he wasn’t going to school or working as a bus boy in a random restaurant.

But once childhood friend Danny Presant moved to town from a school in Boston – and the duo subsequently moved back to their native California – PAPA steeled itself for the long haul.

Although Weiss spent some time in the Bay Area manning the drums for San Francisco indie-heroes Girls, he continued to work on songs for PAPA. And with Presant adding a pop-oriented approach to Weiss’ acoustic songwriting process, there are bright things on the horizon …