Seraphina Lotkhamnga on September 30th, 2014

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Corners will follow up their 2012 album “Beyond Way” (and two perfectly hazy 7-inches) on Oct. 7 with “Maxed Out on Distractions.” The LP, which will be released via Lolipop Records, trades in those familiar, woozy surf- and garage-rock riffs on previous releases for cold synths that reflect the post-punk that has recently influenced the Echo Park quartet. The new single “Love Letters” gets an appropriately smoky, straight-outta-the-’80s video from director Alfredo Lopez. Not only do Tracy Bryant’s baritone vocals boom louder this time around, but the bass lines dominate, the percussion is persevering and the synths slice through it all. It may be a drastic sonic shift, but they’ve also picked up Jeff “Jeffertitti” Ramuno (of Jeffertittis Nile and Father John Misty) along the way to lend a hand on guitar and vocals. Change may be a good thing for these guys.

||| Live: Corners celebrate the release of “Maxed Out on Distractions” Oct. 10 at the Echo. They also play Oct. 19 at the Pomona Fairplex as part of the Moon Block Party and Oct. 25 at the Observatory as part of the Growlers’ Beach Goth Party.

||| Previously: “My Baby”