Ears Wide Open: Arms Akimbo

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Arms Akimbo
Arms Akimbo

Arms Akimbo make emotional, full-throttle indie-rock propelled by galloping rhythms and sharp guitar riffs. The L.A. quartet — Peter Schrupp, Christopher Kalil, Colin Boppell and Matt Sutton — met as students at Loyola Marymount University, unveiling their self-produced EP “Vignettes” in 2015. Now they have followed up with a pair of singles, “Little Insensitive” and “Michigan,”  the latter, Kalil says, a personal tribute to his late grandfather. “Little Insensitive” employs some Local Natives-type rhythmic complexity, along with call-and-response vocals, and both songs build to au courant gang choruses that make for excellent shout-alongs. One thing for sure: You’re not likely to have arms akimbo while watching Arms Akimbo.

||| Stream: “Michigan” and “Little Insensitive”

||| Live: Arms Akimbo play Aug. 19 at the Lost Knight as part of Echo Park Rising, Aug. 22 at the Wayfarer and Oct. 8 at the Hi Hat.