Stream: Milo Greene, ‘Lie to Me’

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L.A. quintet Milo Greene are teasing their sophomore album “Control” by unveiling one song per month leading up to the Jan. 27 release, as if to gradually introduce the notion that their folk days are behind them. Their explorations in indie-pop find a sweeter spot – at least, sweeter than the first sampling – with “Lie to Me,” out today as a single. Its ticklish guitar parts and rambunctious rhythms sound like something another band of local natives might employ, not so resolutely stuck-in-the-’80s as “On the Fence” or “White Lies,” and the vocal dialogue between Robbie Arnett and Marlana Sheetz is perfect in the context of the song’s directive. Sometimes, you just have to tell the other party what they wanna hear.

||| Stream: “Lie to Me”

||| Live: Milo Greene plays the El Rey Theatre on Feb. 19.

||| Also: Stream their October release “On the Fence”: