Formed from the ashes of seminal art thrashers Botch and Minneapolis hardcore heroes Kill Sadie, Seattle's These Arms Are Snakes are filled to the brim with sinister guitar licks, equal parts snarly vocals, and a pension for ethereal and spaced-out musical interludes. "Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home" is, in many ways, the completion of the promise made with the potential of last year's "This Is Meant to Hurt You" EP. The new album sparkles with a tight, visceral momentum, both angula...   [ read more ]

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Seattle, WA's THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES are poised to spread their venom far and wide. With members who have participated in such Northwestern luminaries as BOTCH, NINEIRONSPITFIRE, and KILL SADIE, These Arms Are Snakes' pedigree is but a touchstone for the band's progressive aggression and passionate chaos. Defying parameters, These Arms Are Snakes match their determined rock with side-winding sonic parallels and layers of subtle confusion. For references think the nouveau punk of Public Image Ltd., all-or-no...   [ read more ]

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These Arms Are Snakes second full length for Jade Tree finds the Seattle foursome towing a proverbial line between paradox, hostility and a caustic blend of post-hard/math core. Retaining the definitive tension and angular force of earlier These Arms Are Snakes efforts, Easter is the year-long culmination of a more structured yet experimental song writing process for the band. Recorded at Red Room Recording in Seattle by TAAS drummer Chris Common, Easter explores the relationship between suspect animism, i...   [ read more ]

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