Kevin Bronson on February 18th, 2013

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The debut album from L.A. trio George Glass harks back to the days when indie-rock was not so self-obsessed, when it didn’t fret so much about being nice, when rawness was less an affectation than a code. Not that “Welcome Home” (out March 12 on vinyl/digital) isn’t drop-dead pretty in places. The trio of Nicholas Ceglio, Nathan Kondor and Peter DiBiasio, longtime favorites on the Eastside for their intense live shows, draw compelling sketches of the hipst-urban landscape whether the guitar’s raging (“Future Former,” “Automat 23” and “Markie Post”) or if the trio is leaning toward stripped-down Americana (“AM Radio” and “Metro Hymn”). The single “Sporto” gathers itself from spartan beginnings to deliver a Warships-like chorus that almost makes you think Silver Lake and Echo Park are beach towns.

||| Download: “Sporto”

||| Also: Visit Bandcamp to stream the whole album and get a download of “AM Radio.”

||| Live: George Glass plays tonight at the Silverlake Lounge as part of Wires in the Walls’ residency.

Photo by Zoe-Ruth Erwin