Patterns by ARMS

“No one cares where you are / There’s nothing that you forgot / and nothing you have to do,” sings ARMS mastermind Todd Goldstein at the ecstatic peak of “Missing,” which sounds like an Electro-Pura outtake on steroids, all squealing guitar, honeyed atmosphere, and Tlacael Esparza's deliriously aggressive drums. It’s the sound of Goldstein finally letting the songs speak for themselves, of accepting the fact that, in the face of life’s overwhelming shortness, holding anything back is kind of ridiculous. ARMS’ third LP, Patterns, lassoes every last one of ARMS' sprawling stylistic and emotional tendencies and channels them into a handsome, wild-eyed suite of guitar pop. Patterns is a love letter to letting go—of past lives, of old loves, of best-laid-plans—and it is the long-running Brooklyn-based songwriter’s finest work to date.

Tracklist

1.	Laughing Academy	3:53

2.	Keep It Light	4:04

3.	Stellary	4:48

4.	Goodbye to All That	4:06

5.	Wall of Sound	4:23

6.	Red Rover	3:25

7.	All 4s	4:01

8.	Turnstiles	4:54

9.	Missing	5:21

10.	Sticks&Stones	6:00

Credits

released June 3, 2016

ARMS is Todd Goldstein & Tlacael Esparza.

feat. Matty Fasano (Rhodes on 3, organ on 9)
Jordan Goldstein (Sax on 2 and 3)
Kelly Pratt (Trumpet & Flugelhorn on 2, 3 & 4)

Recorded by ARMS and Jason Finkel in Brooklyn between 2013–2015 at 177 South 4th St, 134 2nd Place, 222 Franklin St, Converse Rubber Tracks, and Virtue & Vice Studios.

All songs by TG.
Mixed by Jason Finkel.
Mastered by Justin Shturtz at Sterling Sound.

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