The blend of emo rock together with traditional indie, makes Arms Akimbo’s Michigan impossible not to fall in love with.
A fair well to all of our pasts, Michigan’s guitar work draws towards an unknown future surrounded by optimistic scopohloblia, as the California group gaze back upon their early years.
A coming of age track by simple definition, Michigan arms itself with the emotional prowess of mid My Chem’ and Smashing Pumpkins, as the near five minute track summons up a variation of raw emotions, from pure joy to anxiety loaded fear.
As self warnings turn into depleted hope, Michigan summons up a final foley, with an emphatic chorus of gut punching chords thrown together with anthem worthy lyrics, turning Arms Akimbo’s momentous break through, into an eventual old favourite and teen classic.
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