Kevin Bronson on July 11th, 2014

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Remember all that agitated pop-punk-cum-new-wave on the Active Set’s 2011 album “11?” The L.A. quartet’s new single “Shut ’Em Down” is not that. Not at all. A couple of years and lineup changes later, the Los Angeles four-piece of singer-guitarist Matthew Stolarz, bassist Alen Racedo, drummer Gabriel Grinta and guitarist-keyboardist Francis Ramsden takes a more contemplative approach on the new song, which will appear on the Active Set’s forthcoming full-length. This one’s for swaying back and forth in big crowds, head down and arms up.

||| Stream: “Shut ’Em Down”

||| Live: The Active Set opens for Chain Gang of 1974 and Empires on July 18 at the Roxy.