Kevin Bronson on November 28th, 2012

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The most vibrant post-rock is all about dynamics – a quality that “All the Fallen Embers,” the new album from L.A. ensemble Arms of Tripoli, has in spades. The band – a revolving cast including Brian Vasallo, George Tseng, Jaime Galvez, Michael Bouvet and Robert Bauwens – forgoes the shoegazing tendencies of a lot of instrumental artists. The six-song collection reflects the band’s collectivist songwriting approach (Arms of Tripoli’s members hail from bands such as Signal Hill, the Lights From Here, the Half Mantis Group, and Naked in the Dark), but the common denominators are serpentine melodies, the relaxed spatial qualities of their instrumentation and a savvy sense of the push and pull of drama and payoff. The album, which came out last month on Fluttery Records, is one of those records that you might give a try as background music. But it won’t stay there for long.

||| Download: “Vikings in the Attic”

||| Also: Stream the whole album on Bandcamp.