Is the Bay Area becoming too...normal for you? Well, if for some reason you need a little extra weirdness in your life, let me introduce you to Oakland's Religious Phase. Fronted by a guy who goes by Sneal, Religious Phase's debut album Weekend Getaway rarely follows anything you'd expect from an album. Despite all the oddities included, such as the punchline of "interesting feature of the old west", there's evidence that Religious Phase can craft some nice melodies that you can sing along to, such as "Have a Seat", which features Matt Nelson on sax, and is in video form [...]