Kevin Bronson on August 16th, 2018

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LIILY are five teenagers from the Los Angeles suburbs who rage like suburban teenagers have throughout the history of modern rock. “We like our music to make people crazy,” guitarist Sam De La Torre says. “When we write something, we want it to hit really hard. If we knock people out, we’ve done our job.”

They’ve brought that same ferocity to their own musical appetites — it’s the digital age, and they belong to a generation that can consume the history of music at breakneck speed. For their own musical touchstones, they’ve chosen the post-punk and alternative rock that dates, approximately, to the time the members of the band were born. LIILY’s first single, “Toro” (out Friday), comes with fists clenched, teeth bared and guitars blazing, a 3 1/2-minute fusillade “about fake-ass people,” vocalist Dylan Nash says. As opening statements go, it’s strong.

The song is the first from an EP that LIILY — Nash and De La Torre, along with guitarist Aaron Reeves, drummer Maxx Morando and bassist Charlie Anastasis — plan to release this fall.

||| Stream: “Toro”

||| Live: LIILY perform at 5:15 p.m. Friday on the outdoor Liberty State for Echo Park Rising. It’s free.