You know what screams Portland summer to me? K Records. I find kickball, swimming in the river, and porch drinking to be synonymous with Beat Happening, Heavenly, and All Girl Summer Fun Band, among others.

However, there is one album that K released that is my ultimate Portland summer jam. Every year, as soon as the sun comes out, What Were Flames Now Smolder by the mid-90’s Portland-based The Crabs gets its due. Their fuzzed out surf guitars, perfect boy-girl harmonies, and songs about crushes are so sunny and bright (even when they’re about breaking up) that it’s almost criminal not to have this be the soundtrack to your sunshine. Below is “Love & Hate”, a perfect pop song that will hopefully be stuck in your head for the rest of the day.

The Crabs - “Love & Hate”