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New Animal
Nerves
New Animal
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
  •  Track Listings (12) - Disc #1

Avoiding the "The" before their moniker, Nerves play a just-raw-enough brand of lanky postpunk to merit having their name stand alone. Vocalist and guitarist Rob Datum might be nodding a tad to data nuts Pere Ubu (and prim...  more »

     
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All Artists: Nerves
Title: New Animal
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Thrill Jockey
Original Release Date: 7/20/1999
Re-Release Date: 7/27/1999
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 790377006926, 790377006919

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Avoiding the "The" before their moniker, Nerves play a just-raw-enough brand of lanky postpunk to merit having their name stand alone. Vocalist and guitarist Rob Datum might be nodding a tad to data nuts Pere Ubu (and prime data nut David Thomas) with his surname, because his pinched vocalic anguish certainly sounds like Ubu. The band's an unaugmented trio, lean and fierce, with a penchant for late-1970s punk that speaks volumes. They've avoided slick production and instead press hard on scrambled guitar soloing that recalls the Minutemen's late founder D. Boon. But there's also a tense shriek of the blues shooting through all Nerves songs, whether in the pulsing kick of "Cry, Cry" and "Get Me High" or the overall richly drawn, if ragged, guitar and bass interplay atop the hard-hit open rhythms of drummer Elliott Dicks. It's great to hear unreconstructed D.I.Y. punk spirit seething in such a rich measure. --Andrew Bartlett
 

CD Reviews

Dark, sexy pop music for days with Orange Skies
10/12/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)

"New Animal is a beast of beauty. Reminds me of the Doors "Soft Parade", as well as other 60's garage bands (Seeds, Animals, Love), and must mention Dead Moon and Stooges too! Undoubtedly, my favorite album in a long, long time! Listen to it and find out why! Stunning live show as well."