Fusing reggae, dub, rock, and pop into an appealingly laid-back mix, California's Iration rose to prominence on the U.S. festival circuit in the late 2000s, releasing a string of albums that topped the Billboard reggae charts and cracked the Top 200 with career highlights like 2013's Automatic and 2015's Hotting Up. Despite some lineup reshuffling in later years, the band continued to thrive and evolve sonically.
Although its members originally hail from Hawaii, the group launched its career in Isla Vista, California, a college town near Santa Barbara. The initial lineup of ...