Kevin Bronson on August 17th, 2011

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Mad Planet’s first album, 2010’s “All Elephants,” was more about the beats and textures than the shreddy guitars of principals’ previous bands, Bang Sugar Bang in singer-bassist Cooper Gillespie’s case and the Nervous Return in drummer Greg Gordon’s. But the beguiling trip-hop of that first record is almost nowhere to be found in “Pieces of You,” a new song from the forthcoming album that Mad Planet is making with producer Ethan Allen (The 88, Better Than Ezra, Gram Rabbit). With the Nervous Return’s Tony Crouse making Mad Planet a trio, the guitars are turned up to 11, fashioning an arena-ready sonic haze for Gillespie’s sultry vocals to cut through. Kai Morrison directed the video.

||| Live: Mad Planet is one of nine bands playing the daylong Gourmet Music Carnival on Sunday at L.A. State Historic Park in downtown, an event that features music, some 200 vendors and 30 food trucks.

After the jump, the set times for the Gourmet Music Carnival:

Sunday, Aug. 21, Gourmet Music Carnival lineup
11 a.m. – Number 2
11:55 – Letting Up Despite Great Faults
12:50 p.m. – The Country (Gram Rabbit side project)
1:45 – Walking Sleep
2:40 – Sean & Zander
3:35 – Francisco The Man
4:30 – Mad Planet
5:25 – Broken Numbers
6:20 – The Hangmen