There’s probably nothing more likely to make Mike Love cringe than The Beach Boys’ 1977 album Love You. Largely a Brian Wilson solo project in all but name, it’s a wildly offbeat record that many view as a proto-synth pop landmark. With Wilson holed up in his home studio, experimenting with a bank of synths and churning out quirky, catchy, lo-fi tunes, Love You feels like McCartney II, yet instead of that welcoming voice, things go weird indeed here, and all the more fascinating for it. One example of this odd streak is “Johnny Carson” off the album…
