While Idaho Falls the city isn't in danger of going Hollywood anytime soon, there's a chance that Los Angeles-based The Idaho Falls may bring its California country pop here in a future none-too-distant.

The trick will be getting the band signed and backed for touring on a larger scale than the frequent L.A. gigs the group plays. The band self-released an EP and an LP.

"I remember it vividly," just-shy-of-30 singer-guitarist Raymond Richards said of the city the band is named for - the city he called home from ages 2 to 12, when his dad worked at Argonne. "I remember going down Park and seeing the old waterfalls. I used to live on Ross Avenue, and there was a train you would hear every night. We hopped a train once and ended up God knows where, and our parents had to come pick us up."

The open air is dear to the hearts of city-dwelling Richards and band mates Heather Goldberg, who shares vocal and guitar duties, pedal steel guitarist Greg Vincent, drummer Roger Brogan, guitarist Kevin Feyen and bassist Kevin Hite. The Idaho Falls plays songs about playing outside and getting out of the city, and Richards is into organic farming, while Goldberg is a vegan who works for a nonprofit dedicated to urban foliage.

L.A. isn't that much different from Idaho anyway, Richards points out. "There's Santa Monica, which has sort of a small-town feel, and Westwood, which is like a small town, but all together they make up a sprawling metropolis," he said. "It's like a bunch of little Idaho Falls in a way. Most people don't know this, but there's a lot of places to hike here. There's the Santa Monica mountains and the Angeles National Forest, which in ways, are just as beautiful as I remember Idaho being."

Just with more beach and less winter.