SUNBENDR Bring the Heat Back to School with Pacific View Sessions Performance
SAN DIEGO, CA — Southern California’s genre-defying rock outfit SUNBENDR recently took the stage for a one-of-a-kind performance as part of the Pacific View Sessions, delivering a loud, high-energy set inside frontman Chris Coté’s former second-grade classroom—now transformed into the Pacific View Arts Center’s fully functioning audio/video studio.
The band powered through a ripping six-song set captured with full camera ops, engineers, and sound crew on site, giving fans a rare chance to experience SUNBENDR in an intimate but electrified setting. Following the session, the band sat down with DJ Roob of Not So Serious Radio for an interview that (true to form) went deliciously off the rails.
“Playing Pacific View Sessions was a nod to one of our favorite Steely Dan songs, ‘My Old School’,” says Coté. “The difference is that, unlike the lyrics of that song, which say, ‘I ain’t never going back, to my old school,’ I did go back.”
Coté adds: “The session was epic. We wanted the viewers to get the live experience and performance we’d give them at a show at Belly Up or Casbah, and I feel like we delivered. Hope your TV or computer has some good speakers for maximum enjoyment.”
The Pacific View performance arrives on the heels of a run of new singles, including the band’s latest release, “Stay All Night”—the third track from SUNBENDR’s dynamic five-song session with acclaimed producer George Perks (Enter Shikari, You Me At Six). Recorded in March 2025 at Tom DeLonge’s private home studio and Chris Prescott’s Belly of the Whale Studio, the session captures the band at full creative strength, merging their genre-bending sound with raw, live-wire energy.
With each release, SUNBENDR continues to expand their sonic footprint while building anticipation for more music to come.
Stream SUNBENDR'S Pacific View session HERE.
