ARMS ALOFT formed in 2007 in their hometown ofEau Claire, Wisconsin; a logging town-turned interstate exit betweenMinneapolis and Chicago. They were quick to self-record and -release a 5 songdemo. In 2008, they released their first proper EP, COMFORT AT ANY COST onGilead Media to widely positive reviews. MRR said, "ARMS ALOFT plays somenearly perfectly executed catchy punk" and "[ARMS ALOFT] will soon bea band to whom others will be compared as an influence." Razorcake said,"There's a glut of groups doing this type of stuff. And yet I can think ofless than a half a dozen bands who are doing it as well."
ARMS ALOFT spent a large chunk of 2011 and 2012 on the road.Touring both at home and in Europe. They also holed up in a small studio inMinneapolis to record their debut album, SAWDUST CITY.
SAWDUST CITY finds ARMS ALOFT bringing moreof the brand of intelligent punk they debuted on COMFORT, butexpanding on it. The influence of DILLINGER FOUR and THE CLASH is still there,but perhaps more obviously filtered through the range of everything fromSEBADOH to Japanese rock group THE PILLOWS or a KURT VONNEGUT book-on-tape thatyou're likely to hear rattling from the two working speakers in the shitty redvan they call home. The album is both musically and lyrically dense, but neverpretends to be more than the punk rock record it is proud to be.
SAWDUST CITY will be released October 23rd, 2012 in the USby KISS OF DEATH and in Japan by EAGER BEAVER. ARMSALOFT will spend many of the following months on the road.
"Sawdust City" Track List:
1. Blues For Hiroshi Matsumoto
2. Irish Coffee
3. The Decline of Midwestern Civ...
4. DOUBLEDRANOPERCOCETNOICE
5. Skinny Love
6. It's Not The Heat It's The Headwinds
7. This Bag Is Not A Toy
8. Where Seagulls Dare
9. Sawdust City Soundclash
10. 10221884
11. Blues For Mamimi Samejima
12. A Fistful Of Zlotys
For more information, visit:
www.facebook.com/armsaloft
armsaloft.bandcamp.com
www.kissofdeathrecords.com
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