David Foral is chasing something rare these days: creativity without compromise. Best known as the bassist for Dirty Heads, Foral is stepping further into the spotlight with his analog passion project—Left Coast Sound, a collaborative production duo he helms with longtime friend and musical partner Jungle Josh. Their mission? To press meaning—and a little nostalgia—into wax with a new series of limited edition 7” vinyl records.
“We’ve always produced music for other people,” Foral tells The Pier, “but at some point we just said, ‘You know what, we need to start making music for ourselves.’” That shift wasn’t just a business move, it was personal. Foral and Josh go back decades, first bonding over hip-hop and reggae records in high school, then forming the band Chapter 11 together, DJing house parties, and now, evolving into a self-sustaining creative force.
Their first release set the tone: a sun-bleached throwback of a track titled “Parachutes and Ladders” featuring Ras-1 formerly of Long Beach Dub Allstars. The B-side, “Pawn Shop”, reimagines the Wailing Souls and Sublime classic with rising artist Milton J spitting verses alongside the legendary Wailing Souls themselves. “It’s kind of a weird concept,” Foral laughs. “We covered a cover… with the originators. But Milton breathed new life into it.”
With demand for vinyl skyrocketing—nearly 50 million units sold in 2023—Foral sees this moment as an opportunity to bring something tangible back to music fans. “It’s audible art,” he says. “In this digital age, everything’s just on your phone. But vinyl? You can hang it on your wall, you can collect it, and you can play it.”
That ethos extends to the art and merch drops on his personal site, which routinely sell out. “I’d rather do small things well than pump out garbage,” he says. “If someone buys a shirt, I want it to be something they wear for years—not something that feels like sandpaper.”
Upcoming vinyl drops include collaborations with Jackson from The Elovaters and Carter from Surfer Girl, as well as Dirty Heads drummer Matt Ochoa and horn players Mark and Ruben. Foral is even designing the cover art himself. “Every day I’m chasing my tail,” he admits. “But we’re our own label. No deadlines. No pressure. It’s just music Josh and I want to hear.”
In an industry obsessed with metrics and algorithms, Foral’s approach feels almost rebellious—making music for the love of it, art for the sake of creation. “If we like it,” he shrugs, “hopefully some other people will too.”
