Jerry Miller’s bass and some slide from Linden Evans gets us into the swaying easy tempo of “Out for a Surf,” Laura Paragano’s warble-of-a-first-tune from her 10-song, Strange Curses. This San Francisco-based singer-songwriter brings an easy songwriting grace to her surf/by the way of blues/by the way of indie sound. With the expert sublte players behind her it becomes apparent from the get go that Paragano makes the most of her personality voice and slightly off-center, yet strong songwriting.