Laura Benitez and the Heartache use the three chord tools of country music to tell the simple, unvarnished truth about love, too much whiskey, and the call of the road. Their new album, "California Centuries," finds the band delving deep into themes of collective denial ("Bad Things"), gaslighting ("Invisible" and "Gaslight") and romantic lessons learned ("I'm the One" and "Are You Using Your Heart"). Storyteller, content creator, songwriter and all around creative force, Benitez has been making her mark on stage and screen for more than two decades. She recently wrote the theme song for the Dingus of the Week podcast created by popular author and activist Lyz Lenz, and her song "Our Remember Whens" received an honorable mention in the American Songwriter lyric contest in January of 2016.

"The album has a larger-than-life sound, with bedrock rhythms complimented by washes of steel guitar and reverberating electric guitars that take up an immense sonic space." --j.poet, EAST BAY EXPRESS

"A fresh classic country remains her bedrock, to which Benitez has added layers of rock and bluegrass. While never shirking from tough subjects, she is drawing more on personal experience here. Ranging from the joyous to the somber, Benitez is always completely frank. California Centuries is a tight sounding and complete album.", --Lyndon Bolton, NO DEPRESSION