Kelsey Heng on May 29th, 2016

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L.A. post-punk forerunners Moving Units have seen a lot of changes over the years, but what they excelled at in the early 2000s hasn’t changed a bit. Make the people dance.

Rising back on the scene after their resurgence in 2013 with “Neurotic Exotic,” Moving Units have stayed true to their long-running dance-punk identity. The new songs released last month on “Damage with Care” evoke all the same fervor and sweaty gripping hooks. Mixing raw punk grit, ripped shirts and abrasive guitar banging with crisp electronic instrumentation, the band has visibly honed their skill.

Led by original member and frontman Blake Miller, the boys started off the night with “Wishful Thinking.” Although the years have passed and the band members have changed, Moving Units still finds a way to get visceral punk into everything they do.

“Opposite of Rhyming,” “Going Out” and “I Don’t Mind” weaved seamlessly into their setlist with all the older Moving Units classics like “Emancipation” and “Going for Adds.”

Skipping over their encore, Miller didn’t seem to have any desire to close out the night. After announcing to the crowd an upcoming tribute show to post-punk royalty Joy Division to happen at the Observatory in Santa Ana, they gave a taste of what was in store with a gripping version of the 1978’s “Warsaw.”

Bands Glass Spells, Vision, and Billy Changer opened the night.

Photos by Kelsey Heng