{"id":36979,"date":"2021-06-10T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36979"},"modified":"2021-06-08T20:34:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T00:34:52","slug":"nerves-share-new-single-leigue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36979","title":{"rendered":"Nerves share new single \u2018Leigue\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>West Irish avant-punk trio Nerves have shared their new single <em>Leigue<\/em>. Having lit up their homeland with four well-received singles to-date, the band began to earn a reputation as a must-see live act prior to lockdown with a series of sweaty DIY basement shows, sold-out headline dates and support slots with the likes of HMLTD, Turnstiles and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recorded over lockdown at Sonic Studios with Girl Band\u2019s Daniel Fox, <em>Leigue<\/em> is a perfect snapshot of the band\u2019s intense and borderless sound. Existing in the liminal space between shoegaze, post-punk and noise-rock, the claustrophobic single combines muscular, industrial drums with groove-driven krautrock-inflected bass and discordant, wall of sound guitar lines that sit somewhere between the atmospheric, crushing power of My Bloody Valentine and angular and jarring sound of Big Black. The volatile, low register spoken-word vocals carry the same pensive pent-up energy as Slint, brooding in white hot intensity, and occasionally breaking under their own weight into anguished yet invigorating screaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to <em>Leigue<\/em> via SoundCloud below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LEIGUE by NERVES\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F966858634&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thematically, <em>Leigue<\/em> is a song born out of painful circumstances. In late 2019, a close friend, former band member and fellow musician from the band\u2019s hometown Ballina passed away, leaving the band in a state of shock and disarray. This feeling of loss and confusion led vocalist and guitarist Kyle Thornton to begin to distract himself for several months with drinking, over working and isolating himself from friends and family, unable to understand how to deal with his grief in any other way. Being the lyricist of the band, he didn\u2019t write anything for five months after his friends passing, knowing that the next thing he wrote would have to relate to this in some way. The first song written after this period was <em>Leigue<\/em>, a song that lyrically deals with the dangers of trying to ignore grief and allowing unhealthy coping mechanisms to begin to rule one\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking about the single, Kyle Thornton says,&nbsp;<em>\u201cWe feel as though Leigue was a bit of a turning point for us as a band, towards something more mature and cathartic. It\u2019s paved the way for how our sound and attitude has changed over the course of the last year. It\u2019s still intense and still fun to play but it means more to us now than I think it ever has.&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nerves have gone from strength-to-strength at an astonishing rate and with an array of early critical acclaim and renowned live shows behind them, the new single is a thrilling prospect and a huge statement of intent, which is not to be ignored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>West Irish avant-punk trio Nerves have shared their new single Leigue. 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