Three and a half minutes! Perfect for radio! Seriously, imagine that for a minute. I mean, just because I’m thinking about it, I’m going to hop on Nerveshatter‘s Bandcamp page and grab their new single and play it on the next edition of The Obelisk Show on Gimme Radio, but I mean signal FM broadcast radio. Imagine if actual, tune in, live DJs were playing this kind of thing. Imagine a whole commercial station based around something so weighted and purposefully abrasive. Imagine it thriving.

If you believe in the theory of infinite universes, where every action that’s ever been undertaken by a person, place or thing creates a new reality, that universe must exist somewhere. So does a universe wherein I express that idea more coherently. I wonder what those universes are like.

Nerveshatter head to Arizona and California later this month for a round of shows with Drainage, so the new single is timely, and they’ll be supporting Spotlights at Elsewhere in Brooklyn on Feb. 11. I haven’t been to Elsewhere yet, but it’s getting a lot of shows, so I kind of expect sooner or later I’ll make my way. Something new. Terrifying.

There’s also a universe where I don’t have anxiety issues.

See how fun that is?

Song is streaming below. Enjoy:

NERVESHATTER – NEW SINGLE! Out NOW

We give you: “HOMECOMINGS”

Hear it, download it, and share it at Bandcamp NOW. Coming to all platforms soon. Recorded and mixed by Nerveshatter and Neil Cote in Somerville, NJ sometime in 2019. Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music.

lyrics
Took a long road out of hell, man. Bled and sweat all sorrow out of me. Peace is just a passer-by, seems like only out of spite… Godhole, bottomless. Leopard spots, last forever. Changes are suffering. Time might heal, will not sever. Done it before, will again. Circle, pattern, what you will… Wishful thinking that is riddance, we can only trust the pain. I need not, yet go back. Needlepoint. Masochist.

http://nerveshattermusic.bandcamp.com/track/homecomings

To go along with this release we will be taking to the road. The first set will take place on our maiden voyage to the West Coast as a band:

01-30-2020 – Phoenix, AZ
01-31-2020 – Long Beach, CA
02-01-2020 – Chico, CA
02-02-2020 – Oakland, CA
All shows with: Drainage

Followed by:
02-11-2020 – Brooklyn, NY at Zone One at Elsewhere with: Spotlights and Semaphore

Nerveshatter is:
Richard Bukowski – guitars
Tim Haney – drums
Jonathan Cohn – bass
Jan Solo – vocals

https://www.facebook.com/nerveshattermusic
https://www.instagram.com/nerveshattermusic/
https://nerveshattermusic.bandcamp.com/

Nerveshatter, “Homecomings”

Sludgy New York noisemaking concern Nerveshatter issued their debut full-length, Madhouse, on Jan. 9. The self-released offering contains a tight and pummeling eight tracks that meld the will to bludgeon with a bit of angular exploration and, as one might expect, a bit of that particular concrete intensity that is as much a part of NYC culture as “famous” pizza and bikers getting doored. Songs like “Death of a Spaceman” bring a sense of atmosphere to go with their crunching and nodding progressions, and no matter what’s happening at any given moment, the threat that at any point the four-piece might totally lose their shit is always lingering. Until they do, anyway.

Celebrating the release, the four-piece — which includes members of Devoidov and Thera Roya — will hit the road in March and head south along the coast to make their presence felt at SXSW for at least two listed shows in Austin, Texas. You’ll note they have a couple days off after the second, so you never know when they might pick up more, but the fact that they’re getting out at all to support their digital release speaks volumes as regards their overall intent. And speaking of volume, you can hear Madhouse below.

The tour’s called “Oh, the Humanity!” which is fair enough, and the list of shows as per the social medias is as follows:

Nerveshatter – Oh, the Humanity! Tour

We beckon the call of the road THIS MARCH!! Listed towns, beware.

03/08 Baltimore, MD – The Sidebar
03/09 Washington D.C. – Atlas Brew Works
03/10 Norfolk, VA – Charlie’s
03/11 Asheville, NC – Static Age Records
03/12 Nashville, TN – Springwater
03/13 Memphis, TN – Growlers
03/14 Baton Rouge, LA – The Woodshop
03/15 Austin, TX – The Lost Well
03/16 Austin, TX – Kickbutt Cafe
03/18 Chicago, IL – Livewire Lounge
03/19 TBA – TBA (want to help?)
03/20 Detroit, MI – The Sanctuary
03/21 Toledo, OH – Ottawa Tavern

See you out there.

Nerveshatter is:
Richard Bukowski – guitars
Tim Haney – drums
Jonathan Cohn – bass
Jan Solo – vocals

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https://www.facebook.com/nerveshattermusic
https://nerveshattermusic.bandcamp.com/

Nerveshatter, Madhouse (2019)