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The Marías L.A. rock quartet the Marías were one of few acts at Flog Gnaw to acknowledge the, let’s say, tense atmosphere in the U.S. right now.

Even when the Australian punk rock quartet recorded its charmingly raw debut EP, “Giddy Up,” in a single night and released it online in 2016, the initial 100 streams were reward enough.

Outside of U2, the Athens, Ga., quartet was the biggest rock band on the planet in the 1990s.

It could also be called a song cycle that employs ear-piercing rock and, for respite, a welcoming string quartet.

The quartet set the tone from the outset in the final, building a formidable lead and reeling in their German rivals in Ballerup, Denmark.