Fred Armisen and Bill Hader's knowing parody of '70s El Lay soft rock, the Blue Jean Committee, began as a sketch on Saturday Night Live and was later spun off into Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee, a mock documentary for their IFC series Documentary Now! Gentle and Soft fared well enough that Armisen and Hader have released an EP of the fictive group's music, titled Catalina Breeze after the group's runaway hit album in the film. The music captures the period admirably well, with its silky harmonies, judicious use of clavinet and Fender Rhodes piano, and laid-back melodies, and the lyrics to "Catalina Breeze" and "Going Out to Hollywood" suggest these guys have been studying their old Steely Dan records. But Armisen and Hader weren't making an album when they recorded this music, they were working up material to accompany a comedy sketch, and these are short bits rather than songs -- the longest of the seven tracks here runs just 2:16, two clock in at less than a minute, and the title tune is the only number here that plays like a song rather than a setup to a punch line. And while the duo more than understands the rudiments of this music, out of the context of the movie the songs aren't especially funny and lack the prefab sincerity of the artists they parody. And at less than 11 minutes, this gag is practically over before it has begun. If you need TV-spawned '70s soft rock, stick to the Partridge Family.