Cristobal Cordero has been making music longer than he probably should admit — starting with a four-track recorder at 12, playing CBGB's before he could legally drink, and somewhere along the way turning a Pacific NW bedroom into a fully functioning indie-rock lab. Recording under the name Saw Tooth Wave, he makes the kind of music that sounds like The Strokes left a Beatles record on too long in Mac Demarco’s car. Pop hooks with dirt under their fingernails. Nostalgic but not precious. Melodic but not soft. These days Cris handles pretty much everything himself - writing, recording, mixing, releasing - on his own terms and his own timeline.