Kevin Bronson on January 21st, 2011

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When we last checked in with L.A. quartet Robotanists, Sarah Ellquist, Daniel de Blanke, Keith Boyarsky and Preston Scott Phillips were dazzling us with a covers EP. They have not been idle. Their second full-length, “Plans in Progress” – the foursome’s first new material since 2008’s “Close Down the Woods” – comes out Feb. 25. Over ghostly guitars and pulsing keys, Ellquist’s vocals strike a nice balance between sultry/detached and warm/inviting, and on this sophomore effort, produced by Danny Kalb, the foursome strikes out for a broader sonic atmosphere. “Let’s steal this moment / and go as fast as we can,” Ellquist sings in the title track, and if this too-short (28-plus minutes) album is any indication, Robotanists’ moment may very well be nigh.

||| Download: “On/Off the Ledge” (via RCRDLBL.com)

||| Live: Robotanists have the Monday residency in February at the Silverlake Lounge.

Photo by Jenny Plume