Kevin Bronson on July 26th, 2010

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It’s been two-plus years since I happily stumbled upon Funeral Party at the Echo, and more than a year since I talked to James Torres about how fast the L.A. quintet was growing up. Since then, they’ve been busy – polishing their previously DIY sound, preparing their debut album “Golden Age of Nowhere” (which won’t be out until January on RCA) and touring relentlessly, including a spring U.K. trip with Surfer Blood and a current cross-country jaunt with New Politics. If you couldn’t tell by the bold statement of their early cowbell-addled single “New York City Moves to the Sound of LA,” Funeral Party makes urgent dance-punk with a decidedly East L.A. snarl. The first single is a throbbing number called “Finale” – let it rip.

||| Live: Funeral Party plays tonight at the Viper Room. And they’ll be doing a residency at the Bootleg Theater in September.

||| Download: After the jump, trade your e-mail for “Finale”:

Photo by Jeremy Adams