ST LP, by Erik Nervous & The Beta Blockers

ST LP

by Erik Nervous & The Beta Blockers

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1.	Violent Dreams 01:28	buy track
2.	Gravure 01:58	buy track
3.	Nailed To The Wall 02:38	buy track
4.	Richard 02:13	buy track
5.	Blasted Heath 03:36	buy track
6.	Want To Not Wanna 03:28	buy track
7.	(I've Got A ) Desk Lamp For A Hand 02:46	buy track
8.	No Chorus 02:25	buy track
9.	Make Up To Break Up 03:22	buy track
10.	Horseshit 02:42	buy track
11.	State Line 03:11	buy track
12.	Worry 02:17	buy track

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If you heard Erik Nervous’ mighty 2018 collection ‘Assorted Anxieties’, you probably thought you had his sound pegged. Bruce Gilbert power chords, rickety garage shonk and a wilful primitivism that starts with a drum machine and ends with a heroically scuffed approach to melody – it all adds up to something pretty irresistible, of course, but what if we told you there was more to come?

This time Erik’s joined by The Beta Blockers, and the sound they concoct together is utterly magical. OK, when this self-titled LP comes rattling out of the gate with 90-second barnstormer ‘Violent Dreams’, you may suspect it’s just an amplified version of the old stuff, albeit with full band, but trust me: you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. Gravure sees ‘em tinkering with an angular skronk-funk that tilts an ear towards yer Minutemen, yer Bogsheds, yer Andy Gills (while ensuring both feet are firmly cemented to as many dumbass hardcore punk records as possible). The thoroughly unexpected ‘Blasted Heath’ brings synths to the foreground in masterly fashion, while the mutant dub of ‘Want To Not Wanna’ feels like a dust-up in a muddy puddle with an ashen-faced Pere Ubu. And there’s still more to come.

It’ll keep you guessing, this record. It’s still recognisably the work of Erik Hart (for that is his true name), only distorted and further frayed at the edges. It’s the sort of snappily smart sidestep you wish more bands would be willing to take, while remaining within touching distance from their roots. Best of all, it places the Michigan-based wonder alongside fellow punk explorers like Uranium Club; utterly aware of punk/hardcore/post-punk/whatever’s past and its limitations, but determined to find the lesser-explored gaps that lie between and make them his own.

Make no mistake, this is a mighty record. By the time the Saints-style brass of ‘Make Up To Break Up’ brings this frantically tense album within sight of a glorious conclusion, we’re in full party mode, ready to carry Erik Nervous around on a hastily-assembled throne before dumping him in a barrel of beer. If this is what expanding your horizons can do, let’s all set sail for the edge of the world immediately. Even if we fall right off the side, it’ll be worth it
Will Fitzpatrick.

Mastered by North London Bomb Factory Mastering.
First 100 On Green Vinyl.

Joe "Roldy" Varchola - bass roldy.bandcamp.com
Jeff Mahannah - drums www.etsy.com/shop/eattosurvive / www.instagram.com/jeffmahannah/
Erik "Nervous" Hart - guitar, synthesizers, tenor saxophone, vocals, bass (3, 6), drums (3, 5)

Additional vocals on 9 by Matt Ferrara

Music written by Hart except
4 by Varchola
7, 11, 12 by Varchola/Hart/Mahannah
9 by Siouxsie & The Banshees

Recorded at Western Sound Studios, Vine St., & Shipshewana.
Engineered by MDWood & Erik
Mixed by Erik

Front cover & help with back cover by Jacob Gardner
Back art by Jeff Mahannah

Also visit eriknervous.bandcamp.com/album/lp to download this LP and more.

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released February 28, 2020

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