Kevin Bronson on January 18th, 2013

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Hands’ long-awaited debut album is titled “Synesthesia,” a condition the L.A. quartet’s fans have been known to experience during two-plus years of increasingly heated live shows. It was evident the foursome of Geoff Halliday, Ryan Sweeney, Sean Hess and Alex Staniloff had a good thing going when they leaked their first demos in late 2010; Hands’ intricate layers of synths, guitars and vocals, propelled by beats Thom Yorke would love, make them the rare art-rock band capable of inducing old-fashioned hip-shaking, if not newfangled bodily palpitations. Their “Massive Context” EP last April revealed the complexities of what they were going for – cathartic moments outside the ebb-and-flow of the diagrammable rock anthem. “Trouble” is the lead track on “Synesthesia” (due April 30 on Kill Rock Stars) but not its highlight; come spring, fans will see the big picture, in all its intricacy.

||| Stream: “Trouble” (via The Line of Best Fit)

||| Previously: “Magic Fingers.” “Warm Night Home.” “Brave Motion” demo. At Buzz Bands LA’s SXSW 2012 party.