{{Short description|American indie pop band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Cayucas | image = Cayucas band.jpg | caption = Cayucas live 2013 | alias = Oregon Bike Trails (2011-2012) | origin = Santa Monica, California, United States | genre = Indie pop, surf pop, lo-fi | years_active = 2011–present | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|cayucas.com}} | current_members = Zach Yudin<br/>Ben Yudin }}

'''Cayucas''', previously '''Oregon Bike Trails''', is an American indie pop band from Santa Monica, California. The group includes Zach Yudin as the principle songwriter and lead vocals and twin brother Ben Yudin singing vocal harmony and guitar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cayucas Premiere "High School Lover" at SPIN, Announce Debut Album 'BIGFOOT' – Out April 30|url=http://secretlycanadian.com/blog/2013/01/video-video-cayucas-premiere-high-school-lover-at-spin-announce-debut-album-bigfoot-out-april-30/|publisher=Secretly Canadian|accessdate=5 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222042708/http://secretlycanadian.com/blog/2013/01/video-video-cayucas-premiere-high-school-lover-at-spin-announce-debut-album-bigfoot-out-april-30/|archive-date=22 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The band signed to Secretly Canadian in 2012.

==History==

===2011: Oregon Bike Trails=== Zach Yudin, then a musician for nearly five years, posted his first song under the name Oregon Bike Trails on January 18, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|author=Matt|title=Oregon Bike Trails' Zach Yudin :: the YANP interview|url=http://www.youaintnopicasso.com/2011/04/18/oregon-bike-trails-zach-yudin-the-yanp-interview/|publisher=You Ain't No Picasso|accessdate=5 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321213221/http://www.youaintnopicasso.com/2011/04/18/oregon-bike-trails-zach-yudin-the-yanp-interview/|archive-date=21 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was associated with Father/Daughter Records in the early part of his career.<ref>{{cite web | last = Behm | first = Jon | authorlink = | title = Oregon Bike Trails: "High School Lover" | website = | publisher = Reviler.org | date = 9 September 2011 | url = http://www.reviler.org/2011/09/09/oregon-bike-trails-high-school-lover/ | doi = | accessdate = 4 May 2013}}</ref>

===2012: Secretly Canadian=== In 2012, Yudin expanded from a solo project to a band and he officially changed the group's name from Oregon Bike Trails to Cayucas. Cayucas signed with indie record label Secretly Canadian in October 2012,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/153260-secretly-canadian-sign-band-cayucas.html |title=Secretly Canadian sign new band CAYUCAS - #AltSounds |publisher=Hangout.altsounds.com |date=2012-10-11 |accessdate=2013-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114072931/http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/153260-secretly-canadian-sign-band-cayucas.html |archive-date=2012-11-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and soon after released a single, "Swimsuit," and announced a tour with Ra Ra Riot for February 2013.

===2013: ''Bigfoot''=== In February 2013, Cayucas announced a handful of European tour dates. In March, the band performed in a Secretly Canadian showcase at South by Southwest. Their debut full-length album ''Bigfoot,'' was released on April 30 by Secretly Canadian. The album was produced by fellow Secretly Canadian artist Richard Swift.<ref>{{cite web|last=Phares |first=Heather |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bigfoot-mw0002511968 |title=Bigfoot - Cayucas : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2013-04-29 |accessdate=2013-05-03}}</ref>

===2015: ''Dancing at the Blue Lagoon''=== The single "Moony Eyed Walrus" was released by Secretly Canadian on April 29, 2015, ahead of the sophomore album entitled ''Dancing at the Blue Lagoon'', out June 23, 2015. The band enlisted Ryan Hadlock to engineer and produce the record. Davey Brozowski played drums and percussion on the record while Mat Santos and Rebecca Zeller of Ra Ra Riot played bass and strings.

===2019: ''Real Life''=== The band's third album ''Real Life'' was released on April 19, 2019, and was preceded by the single "Jessica WJ".

===2020: ''Blue Summer''=== The band's fourth album, preceded with singles "Yeah Yeah Yeah" & "California Girl"

===2023: ''Hangin' on the Westside''=== {{empty section|date=January 2025}}

==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of extended plays, with selected information ! scope="col" style="width:11em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:19em;" | Album details |- ! scope="row" | ''Bigfoot'' | * Released: April 30, 2013 * Label: Secretly Canadian * Formats: CD, digital download |- ! scope="row" | ''Dancing at the Blue Lagoon'' | * Released: June 23, 2015 * Label: Secretly Canadian * Formats: CD, digital download |- |- ! scope="row" | ''Real Life'' | * Released: April 19, 2019 * Label: Park the Van / Cayucas * Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl |- ! scope="row" | ''Blue Summer'' | * Released: September 25, 2020 * Label: Park the Van / Cayucas * Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl |- |}

===Singles=== {|class="wikitable" !width="33"| Year !width="215"| Title !Album |- |align="center"| 2012 |"Cayucos/Swimsuit'" |rowspan="3"|''Bigfoot'' |- |align="center" rowspan="2"| 2013 |"High School Lover" |- |"East Coast Girl" |- |align="center"|2015 |"Moony Eyed Walrus" |''Dancing at the Blue Lagoon'' |- |2018 |"Jessica WJ" |''Real Life'' |- |align="center" rowspan="3"| 2020 |"Yeah Yeah Yeah" |rowspan="3"|''Blue Summer'' |- |"Lonely Without You" |- |"Malibu '79 Long" |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | title = Cayucas | website = | publisher = Secretly Canadian | date = | url = http://secretlycanadian.com/press/cayucas/ | doi = | accessdate = 27 March 2012}} *{{cite web | last = Bergen | first = Molly | authorlink = | title = Stand Back: These Los Angeles Bands Are About to Blow Up | website = | publisher = LA Weekly | date = 27 December 2012 | url = http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/12/stand_back_these_los_angeles_b.php?page=2 | doi = | accessdate = 26 April 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130401162951/http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/12/stand_back_these_los_angeles_b.php?page=2 | archive-date = 1 April 2013 | url-status = dead }}

==External links== * {{Official website}} * [http://secretlycanadian.com/artist.php?name=cayucas Cayucas at Secretly Canadian]

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Category:Indie pop groups from California Category:Musical groups from Los Angeles County, California Category:Secretly Canadian artists