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These Arms Are Snakes are out of their minds – but it all goes toward fueling the fire of fury they unleash on every crowd they play for.  After seeing These Arms are Snakes at Red Eyed Fly in Austin, I now know why everyone I talked to said “I HAD TO SEE THEIR LIVE SHOW.” They were NOT lying. These Arms are Snakes have been touring for a long time, and it shows – they’re live show is ruckus, rowdy and tight. Despite their singer’s flailing and freaking-out for the crowds, the band plays-on with seamless precision.

These Arms Are Snakes  “Red Line Season”

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Don’t let the unassuming, friendly off-stage demeanor of These Arms are Snakes (when not onstage) fool you, when they perform, they transform into maniacal musical mad-men, especially their frontman Steve Snere who is literally a modern day Gigi Allen (without the fecal matter and with a MUCH better band behind him.) The band can engorge a crowd in frenzied euphoria after only a few minutes with their driving beats and spine-tingling guitar riffs. It is rare, in the era of “pretty pop-star front-men,“to see the angst fueled riot that —- unleashes on every crowd he plays for. Bringing the noise with uncanny precision, nearly inciting riots (or fracas) with their heart-pounding intensity, These Arms are Snakes rage against anything and everything they feel like.

Some might label these arms are snakes as prog-post-hardcore (as found on the Wiki), but really their just some intelligent, sensitive dudes rocking-out punk music a lot like early against me! Both raw and musically inclined (not a sideshow in any sense of the word) These Arms are Snake live up to their absurd (and catchy) name – a dish best served live you will be replaying their onstage hjinx for at least the time it takes you for the nights hangover to wear-off.

Words and photos by Jamie Newman