Jarrod Gorbel was the founding member of the Indie rock band The Honorary Title. Originally from Brooklyn, New York City, Gorbel founded The Honorary Title in 2003 along with fellow bandmember Aaron Kamstra. With The Honorary Title, Gorbel released two albums; Anything Else But The Truth in 2004, as well as Scream and Light Up the Sky in 2007. On November 20th 2009, The Honorary Title played their last gig at the Williamsburgh Music Hall in Brooklyn, New York, and Gorbel subsequently went solo, realeasing his debut solo LP Ten Years Older.

Todd Goldstein spent the last few years playing guitar in the Brooklyn indie-pop band Harlem Shakes. To those who were listening closely, though, Goldstein has always also been ARMS, a persona he’s been crafting since 2004. As ARMS, Todd takes up a decidedly slower, sweeter, sloppier endeavor, working alone and singing in a sad, idiosyncratic baritone. ARMS’ debut full-length, Kids Aflame—previously available only in the UK, and now released in the US by Gigantic Music—is a labor of love by an artist with an ear for the beauty in noise, the primacy of melody, and the timelessness of melancholy pop music.