Kevin Bronson on June 7th, 2013

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Night Riots, though unsigned and independent, are not exactly new; as PK, the hard-working quintet has been and in out of its San Luis Obispo County hometown of Templeton spreading the gospel of synth-charged arena rock for several years, fashioning a sound that suggest a glove compartment full of Killers and Cure CDs. But last spring’s “Lost Boys Sessions” EP seems long ago; their first song under their new moniker, “Spiders,” is a simmering anthem that aligns the five-piece with more brooding Brits. It’s part of an EP that the band – singer Travis Hawley, guitarists Nick Fotinakes and Matt DePauw, bassist Mikel Van Kranenburg and drummer Rico Rodriguez – has planned for later this year.

||| Download: “Spiders” (via the band’s website; email required)

||| Live: Night Riots play tonight at the Troubadour on a huge bill that features Bad Suns, Dreamers Dose, Cities, Maudlin Strangers and Davis Fetter.

||| Also: After the jump, check out the video for “Spiders”: