Seattle artist Chico Detour has released the music video for “Loma Prieta (Walk You Home),” a lush, dreamy ballad that threads together ’50s doo-wop sweetness, surf-leaning guitars, and modern garage-rock grit. The result is something nostalgic yet immediate. A hazy, pastel-tinted love letter to an earlier era of pop and rock ’n’ roll.
The video blends vintage-style performance shots with soft, cinematic textures and worn-in film tones, echoing the golden-age charm of malt-shop slow dances and heart-on-sleeve torch songs but through a contemporary DIY lens. It feels timeless, carefully crafted, and a little rough around the edges in all the right ways.
“Sonically and visually, this song lives in that world where doo-wop romance meets garage-band honesty,” says Chico Detour. “We wanted it to feel warm, classic, and a little surreal like a memory you can’t quite place but know you’ve lived.”
“Loma Prieta (Walk You Home)” continues Chico Detour’s growing reputation for pairing emotionally grounded songwriting with jangly, surf-tinted guitar textures and a crooked-smile charm placing this song between 1950’s R&B and the glow of vintage jukebox pop.
About Chico Detour
From their reverb drenched guitars to their darkly cheeky lyrical themes, sardonic attitude, and hopelessly catchy melodies, Chico Detour is driving a stake deep into the heart of the Seattle garage rock music scene.
Chico Detour formed in Seattle in 2024. A frenetic and wayward dude by the name of Sebastian Felipé (of Peyote Ugly, Forest Ray, Beret, VLLY) was encouraged by friends to front a band after a decade in the scene as a bass player. His love of doo-wop, garage rock, punk, psych, and pop music were the main ingredients that intially inspired him to push forward. By necessity he learned to sing and play guitar just enough to make it sound like he wanted; staying true to the Garage Rock ethos of simplicity + energy as much as possible. He wrote Too Easy in 2023 after some life-altering events that occurred in succession- forcing him to turn inwards and confront himself; yet again!
With a line-up consisting of Christopher Garland (of Acapulco Lips) on lead guitar, Brennan Moring (of Sealife, Peyote Ugly) on bass, Michelle Brayson (of Deft Lips, Charmed, I’m Sure and co-founder of Alchemy School of Music) on keys, and a rhythmic trifecta of drummers including Miles Freeborn (of Emi Pop, Sick Secrets), Dave Segedy (of Sleeping Bag), and now officially Jacob Whinihan (of Mega Cat, Special Explosion, Seacats, Scarves, ex-La Fonda) on drums- the roster of talent that is backing this ball of nerves of a front-man, is notable.
Displaying a sound characterized by aggressive tones, depraved energy, scrappy attitudes and amplified shitty student model instruments from the 60’s with drip-edge fender combos, Chico Detour is just getting started.
Actively performing live shows since inception, Chico Detour have shared bills alongside acts such as garage godfather Mark Sultan, regional garage juggernauts The Macks, Moha Saz from Spain, up-and-coming psych rockers Screen Frogs from Seattle, and Heavy Psych Sounds artists Spirit Mother, Chico Detour can barely take a break while recording their forthcoming sophomore EP set for release in 2026.
Catch their set in a city near you and imbibe their vibe with a side of too much caffeine, child-hood trauma, and an unyielding query on life.
Featured image by Brittne Lunniss.
LINKS:
https://linktr.ee/chicodetour
https://www.instagram.com/chicodetour/
https://chicodetour.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.youtube.com/@chicodetourmusic
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/chico-detour/1750196207
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4M7VJebvGOX9LRhZlDq9am