Albums to listen to: Self-Titeld
Songs to listen to: I am Alive, The Creek, Junkyard
Meh...Im pretty sick of this strung out lo-fi psych-pop stuff...but I guess I'm writing about this because I can see other people being into it? Nerve City sounds a lot like Crystal Stilts, a band whose shows give you the opportunity to drink a bit too much and sway back and forth like a strung out youth. For me, bands like this serve a specific purpose. There are some bands that I listen to because I specifically want to hear their "sound," songs, etc., and then there are the type of bands that I listen to because the genre fits a mood or moment, not mattering whether its lo-fi band A or lo-fi band D. Nerve City is one of these bands. I like it, I really do, but I would never find myself thinking "Oh man I really want to hear that song '"Junkyard'" like I do with songs by genuine favorites. I think this is the case with most lo-fi bands for me. I find that the filtered and monotonous vocals create a uniform sound that bleeds into one band to the next. Compared to other genres, lo-fi bands can sound irritatingly similar. On a positive note there are some interesting things going on in this album, like tambourine, rather than drum lead percussion, or that the song "I am Alive" makes me think of a paired down Velvet Underground song "Venus in Furs." If any of this sounds appealing to you, then Nerve City might strike your fancy, especially if you are wearing all black and feeling "aloof."
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