Members of Camper Van Beethoven live in Richmond, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Sweden and Australia. Throw in side projects and other interests, and it’s a wonder the band ever tours or records an album.

“It’s a little challenging for us to get together to write an album,” said Camper Van Beethoven frontman David Lowery, speaking from his home in Richmond, where he’s lived since 1990. “When we do get together and we do write, it comes together really fast.”