Kevin Bronson on January 6th, 2014

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L.A. rockers Nacosta have negotiated a lot of speed bumps since their shoegazing sounds first came on the radar in 2012. Founders and brothers Brandon and Shane Graham are now surrounded by a new lineup that includes keyboardist Christian Gibson, bassist Zac Bilson (ex-Kitten) and percussionist Pablo Orue (of Brazil’s Firefriend), for one thing. Now Nacosta is wrapping up work on its debut full-length, “Under the Half Moon,” and the first single “Aberlina” finds the band reaching for rarefied air. Soaked in more atmospherics and imbued with complex textures, “Aberlina” sounds more in league with sonic sophisticates Kiev and the Moth & the Flame than the straight-ahead nu-gazing of Nacosta’s early stages. “Under the Half Moon” is planned for a March 4 release.

||| Download: “Aberlina” via Bandcamp

||| Live: Nacosta celebrates the release of its single Tuesday with a show at the Silverlake Lounge, supported by Stella, Brett Siler and Calvin Jalandoni.

||| Previously: “Take” and “Folie a Deux”

||| Also: After the jump, check out “No Fly” and “Paradise Cough” from early 2013: