Los Angeles tropical-pop purveyors White Arrows made some good noise in 2012 with their RAC-produced debut LP, Dry Land Is a Myth. But they truly come into their own sound on the now-streaming In Bardo. Heard below, the new album combines wirey guitar (“Get By”), slinky electronics (“Scream”), sunny grooves (“We Can’t Ever Die”), and powerful percussion (“I Want a Taste”) to gauzy, entrancing effect.
“Bardo is a transitional state of being, the phase of existence between death and rebirth,” notes the album’s press release. “It marks the end of one thing and the beginning of another. It represents an evolution.” Get an earful of White Arrows’ growth below.
White Arrows tour dates:
September 20 – San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore
October 25 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
November 7 - Oakland, CA @ Leo’s
November 8 – San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar
November 10 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
November 11 – Vancouver, BC @ OWL
November 12 – Portland, OR @ Holocene
November 15 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst Atrium
January 18 – San Diego @ the Casbah
January 23 – LA @ the El Rey
January 27 - Phoenix @ Valley Bar,
January 29 - Dallas @ Three Links,
January 30 - Austin @ Stubb’s JR
January 31 - Houston @ Fitzgerald’s Downstairs
