Los Angeles certainly has its most notable indie acts in terms of success. If we go back just a few years, there were Silversun Pickups and Airbone Toxic Event. However, on the other end of the spectrum in regards to style, there was also No Age and HEALTH who were the rising gods of The Smell scene. (Yes, Los Angeles has a venue called The Smell. It’s downtown and more DIY than you can handle – which is why I only venture out to the place once a month at the most. Plus, downtown isn’t the friendliest neighborhood for a girl.)

In the past few years, publications such as Pitchfork (but mostly Pitchfork) have been worshiping the ground Dean Allen Spunt and Randy Randall walk on. You can decide if I’m exaggerating or not, but there were and still are legitimate reasons to all that fuss. Noise pop was their thing and no one was going to take it way from these two dudes. It’s always been raw and heavy punk and there is always bound to be at least one crowd surfer (if not multiple) at a live show of theirs.

Last year, their “Losing Feeling” EP maintained the same lo-fi spirit and only lightly dipped into some electronic sampling. However, “Glitter,” the first single off of their upcoming album, is a bit more surprising than that. It’s not that the duo has gone completely from lo-fi to hi-fi but there’s an obvious difference. Instead of competing with noisy guitars, you can actually hear the vocals. It’s nowhere near the quality of a mainstream radio pop song, but being able to easily sing along to a No Age song after the first listen… is a first!

The new album, Everything In Between, is expected to drop on September 28 via Sub Pop. Take a listen to “Glitter” below and check out the teaser trailer for “Life Prowler” which is the opening track on the album.

Mp3: No Age – Glitter