"Cold," however, is much more believable as one man wonders if he'd be cold he strayed from his beloved. It's a bit of a rhetorical question, of course, but when these words are matched to a piano-driven dirge, the effect is chilling.

This inventive trio - from Orange County, of all places - is comprised of stepbrothers Josh Bowman and Steven Howard, rounded out by Chrystian Cano. Like the best new music, Wetwood Smokes is nearly impossible to categorize. Who says no good thing comes out of Orange County? Wetwood Smokes would certainly beg to differ.