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One Way Plastic

by Arms of Tripoli

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She's Onion 06:14
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Nude Hawaii 01:48
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Lander 11:09

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You can purchase the album from Fluttery Records here:
arms-of-tripoli.bandcamp.com/album/one-way-plastic

Started on a dare, Arms of Tripoli is Southern California’s best kept sonic secret. In 1987 all four member of Arms of Tripoli were working at the same frozen yogurt stand in Hawthorne, CA. Manager Allen Porter (guitar, sitar) told his 3 night shift workers Michael Bouvet (bass, hookah), George Tseng (drums, statistics) and K.C. Maloney (guitar, mood, sexuality) that if they didn’t sell 17 pints of Very Berry Iced Routine frozen yogurt by 12 midnight they’d have to start a band with him called Arms of Lisa Loeb. Of course, such a task is impossible (even in Hawthorne, CA LOL!). After spending the next 30 years learning their instruments they finally started working on their debut release “One Way Plastic”.

Originally a collection of dad rock, garage band covers of Alice Cooper, Boston and Lynyrd Skynyrd, over the next 3 years through creative mixing and digital editing “One Way Plastic” became the post-rock masterpiece it is today. Nary a remnant of those original covers remain. When they were set to release the EP they realized that there was already someone named Lisa Loeb who had a hit in the 90’s with the coffeehouse rock song “Stay (I Missed You)”. Visibly distraught, they resigned to calling the band Arms of Tripoli. That’s when they were met with more bad news. Apparently there was already a post rock band in Los Angeles called Arms of Tripoli that had been releasing high quality music since the early 2010’s and they were notoriously litigious. All seemed lost and they considered changing their name to Fake, Fanciful, Beautiful: The Hunger Remainz. But as fate would have it, George Tseng ended up winning $43,000 on a slot machine in Laughlin, NV. Using these funds they came to an agreement to buy the name Arms of Tripoli from the existing band (which included ownership of their 3 previous releases “All The Fallen Embers”, “Dream In Tongues” and “Daughters”). They even had a little bit of money left over which they used to fund a group trip to Raging Waters water park in San Dimas, CA!!

Nowadays you can catch Arms of Tripoli playing live every weekend to throngs of innocent bystanders at Universal City Walk in Universal City, CA. It has ample parking and is within walking distance to a metro stop.

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released July 24, 2020

Arms of Tripoli
One Way Plastic
Fluttery Records
FLTTRY180
Release Date: July 24, 2020

Recorded at Neuform Studio, Los Angeles 2019
Recorded and Mixed by George Tseng & Arms of Tripoli
Mastered by Manny Nieto
Produced by Arms of Tripoli

1. Edwards Edward:
Allen Porter: Guitar, Keyboards
George Tseng: Drums
KC Maloney: Guitar, Keyboards
Michael Bouvet: Bass

2. Pseudo Recreations:
Allen Porter: Guitar
George Tseng: Drums
KC Maloney: Guitar, Keyboards
Michael Bouvet: Bass, Guitar, Keyboards

3. She’s Onion:
Allen Porter: Guitar
George Tseng: Drums, Percussion
KC Maloney: Guitar
Michael Bouvet: Bass

4. Nude Hawaii:
Allen Porter: Guitar
George Tseng: Drums
KC Maloney: Guitar, Keyboards
Michael Bouvet: Bass, Guitar

5. Lander:
Allen Porter: Guitar
George Tseng: Drums
KC Maloney: Guitar, Keyboards, Vibes
Michael Bouvet: Bass

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Arms of Tripoli Los Angeles, California

Arms of Tripoli consists of members from various LA based instrumental bands. The band was forged under the premise that the most prolific and profound music is created when a strong spirit of collaboration is present. Thus, the band features an ever revolving line up of musicians and artists that accompany its core members in all aspects of artistic development. ... more

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