“All the people who you meet, full up like potholes in the street...”
Listening to the mysterious and anonymous London based Nrvs' spacey escapist psychedelic "Breeders" and I feel thrust (quite literally) into a 70's kind of Tommy-esque (The Who - Ken Russell directed) piece of cinema. Oh, and do not be mistaken, this divergent, exquisitely artful trio do not sound anything like the iconic The Who but there is something very pre post rock, pre electronic punk and high art "conceptual" thing here within "Breeders" that feels voyeauristically 70's, especially the fully annunciated performance art-ish vocal aesthetic and those kind of grand baroque pop / proto punk guitars moving against a sort of two step Bridal waltz cadence. All of it is brilliantly nostalgic like an amalgam of Pink Floyd, T-Rex, The Normal, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Cream, and The United States of America. There is something so paisley hallucinogenic in NRVS's musical DNA.
Nrvs'Ten Pence sings about [the consequences of bringing a new version of one’s self into the world with true acerbic wit. Commenting the song’s subject matter, Ten Pence feels “we humans make ourselves out of the lies we tell ourselves about who we are. The lyric “All the people who you meet, full up like potholes in the street” referring to the fact that people are so full up with their own selves but what are they really full up with? Mostly just rainwater!”. Recorded during a moment of spontaneity at the end of a long recording session and partially inspired by The Breeders band and the Michael Caine classic Get Carter, Breeders is the second song from Nrvs’ upcoming EP, co-produced by the band at Off License studios in South London, where Peeping Drexels, Muck Spreader, Sleaze, Joy Crookes and Attawalpa have all frequented.]
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-Robb Donker Curtius
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Nrvs
This mysterious trio are currently gearing up to present an anonymous live experience that will send you back to your shrink. Along with frequent visual collaborator Mike Raymond (HMLTD), who has created several retina-scorching videos for the group, Nrvs are shaping “a nightmare-normal vision of the near future, that you can dance to”.
Many artists have been shrouded in mystery: the music and the visuals should strike you first – whether you’re ready for them or not. The beat-driven heaviness delivered from behind a wall of new wave guitars and electronics on I Like You makes for an utterly irresistible prospect.
Nrvs
This mysterious trio are currently gearing up to present an anonymous live experience that will send you back to your shrink. Along with frequent visual collaborator Mike Raymond (HMLTD), who has created several retina-scorching videos for the group, Nrvs are shaping “a nightmare-normal vision of the near future, that you can dance to”.
Many artists have been shrouded in mystery: the music and the visuals should strike you first – whether you’re ready for them or not. The beat-driven heaviness delivered from behind a wall of new wave guitars and electronics on I Like You makes for an utterly irresistible prospect.
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