New Orleans-based Killer Whale is the project of Louisiana native Thomas Johnson, who according to the band’s website also spends time in Austin and San Francisco. Johnson cooks up mid-tempo jams that reflect his travels—songs that sound like they belong as equally in an urban California bedroom as they might at an outdoor music festival. His guitar defines these compositions: bent blue notes, major key melodies, shades of funk, soul, and R&B—a jam band with pop sensibilities.
