Kevin Bronson on May 27th, 2009

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Douglas Smith is a busy guy. Besides acting (he’s Ben on HBO’s “Big Love”) and lending his talents to the L.A. ensemble His Orchestra, Smith has teamed up with singer Ashton Lunceford to form Alaskan Summer. The duo’s old-school boy-girl pop is built on bouncy piano lines and crisp guitars – their debut EP, coming digitally in late June and recorded with noted L.A. studio wizard Dave Trumfio, features contributions from Mike Griffin, Shannon McKinnon, and Paul Cartwright of Tandemoro, and keyboardist Dennis Hamm. It’s sticky as bubblegum on a sidewalk in August.

||| Download: “Machine of Love” (and/or watch the video)

||| Live: Alaskan Summer plays June 15 at El Cid