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Goldstein has been writing and recording songs as ARMS since 2004 — although never quite like this. During his years playing guitar in NYC-based indie rockers Harlem Shakes, Todd quietly self-released his own music as ARMS, sneaking home-recording sessions in his rare spare time. Todd’s first album as ARMS – the luminous, ramshackle pop of Kids Aflame – was released on Melodic Records (UK) / Gigantic Music (US) in 2008 to enthusiastic Internet-praise. When Harlem Shakes disbanded in the summer of 2009, Goldstein expanded ARMS into a full band with the addition of Tlacael Esparza on drums, Matty Fasano on bass / vocals and David Harrington on keyboards / electronics. The group immediately began writing the songs that would become Summer Skills, holing up with producer Shane Stoneback (Vampire Weekend, Sleigh Bells, Cults, Fucked Up) in Stoneback’s Treefort Studios in Brooklyn.
Amid the life-or-death stakes of Summer Skills, noses drip kerosene, chill winds blow sweet and razor-sharp teeth gleam in the darkness. It’s this terrain of texture and mood, set among the long purple shadows of August afternoons, that underpins the album’s sequence of haunting moments — little nightmares lit with the blurry shine of dreams. With Summer Skills, ARMS manages the elusive trick of weaving these threads into something both lush and beautifully, painfully alive.
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iPowder
Bunk Alchemy Great album! \m/
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RobinHarder
mathcore arms is pretty cool!
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ARMSongs
The video for "Heat & Hot Water" is here! Enjoy guys: https://vimeo.com/53164291
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theAleXX
mathcore "Arms" http://armsfl.bandcamp.com/album/bunk-alchemy
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cloudblood84
<3333333333333333
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leonarbe
Love Glass Harmonica... Awesome play
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BabsSzabo
you guys should check out this band Chappo, I've been listening to them on repeat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgo1nkGBejs
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withtheflow
SUMMER SKILLS SUMMER SKILLS SUMMER SKILLS. ARMS WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF MY FAVES.
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xParker
Wish I gave Summer Skills some love when it came out. This is a really good album, a definite improvement over their debut.
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caro_g
jaja brazos en similar artists
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nafeesrawji
Whats there best album?
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summervillain
Summer Skills FTW
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spacematador
I saw this band open for japandroids last year. I don't remember much of anything
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wilcow_tatapoum
yep! new song, free at http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=7022
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azul0182
Just wrote about my love for these boys in my SXSW project over at ... http://bitchyvegansoundtrack.com/2011/02/arms-army-navy/
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nathanaelkan
can't stop playing "High Heels". it's cosmic!
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zayaxa
cheers >>v
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spetetic
you can download the entirety of their new ep from their official website armsarms.com direct link: http://www.armsarms.com/songs/arms_ep.zip isnt it nice when artists are generous
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fastdreams
relatively new picture uploaded http://www.last.fm/music/Arms/+images/53509841
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ahdayum
just discovered arms. amazing!!
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