Monday, April 22, 2019

Bandcamp Blitz - April 22nd, 2019

Howdy.
It's STILL a wild time here at Nerve Salad Central. Lots of music coming in, lots of new stuff in the works. Looking to wrap up this month in a big way.

Nerve Salad has a couple of releases in the works. In light of all these bands that we come across that have no physical release, the end goal is to produce something that we can hold in our hands, be it a CD, a cassette, or vinyl. The first CD release will be a doozy, and I'm still keeping the lid on it.. just for now... keep checking back. It's going to be a crazy year, I can feel it.
So... welcome to the first post regarding Nerve Salad Records! In the coming months, I'll have more to offer as far as what's next. Glad to have everybody stick around for the big reveal.
In the meantime, the opportunity to Blitz out is upon you. I'm doubting there is anything in here that will not astound.

Bandcamp Blitz:

Shana Cleveland - Night Of The Worm Moon
https://shanacleveland.bandcamp.com/album/night-of-the-worm-moon
(I can't even begin to describe this. I won't even try. It's absolutely astounding. Everything about this screams that one moment where the stars look unnaturally close. Hymns to the veil of night sky, all sassy and otherworldly. Little pockets of spiraling galaxies, illuminated from behind by an open fridge with nothing but a can of coconut LaCroix inside.)






Velcro Lewis Group - Sweet Heat Black Water
https://velcrolewisgroup.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-heat-black-water
(Raucous, indefatigable, perspicacious, and funked-out psych. Love this band. This is a splendid album, the likes of which we have been all in a clamor for. Fine, fine form, gents! Fine form, indeed.)





The Revenants - Happy Ending
https://therevenants1.bandcamp.com/album/happy-ending
(Eliot Wilder is amazing. I'm likely going to proclaim him as my favorite artist. The musical output is beyond my comprehension. The Revenants just excel at being worthy.)





Gretchen's Wheel - Moth To Lamplight: A Tribute To Nada Surf
https://gretchenswheel.bandcamp.com/album/moth-to-lamplight-a-tribute-to-nada-surf 
(Alt-pop stylings of Gretchen's Wheel takes on the influential Nada Surf with a bunch of carefully-selected covers. Limited lathe cut vinyl, limited CD pressings, all good. Scoop ya one up.)





Ian Blurton - Space Is Forever 7"
https://yeahrightrecords.bandcamp.com/album/space-is-forever-7
(C'mon now... if you dislike this, you're just a curmudgeon. This is fine hard poppy psych rock, with a little twist of  '80s weight-lifter AOR. Public Animal's Ian Blurton kicking out the mega-jams. Two super stadium-worthy blasters for your Springtime capers.)






Flesh Of The Stars - Anhilla
(Unreal, astoundingly creative, subtly alt-y, heavy post-doom from Chicagoland. A truly great band, and one I regret not finding sooner. Every track is a Brobdingnagian onslaught on the senses, equal in heaviness and panoramic beauty. Awesomeness.)





No Man's Valley - Outside The Dream
https://nomansvalley.bandcamp.com/album/outside-the-dream
(Quite stunning psych rock with a little touch o' eyeliner. I'm hearing some talk of Morrison and Nick Cave influences in the vox, but I'm hearing some Carl McCoy, maybe a hint of Steele in there, too. This whole album is a ballsy psych escapade into many territories, each a smooth ride in itself... don't wait on this one. It's really something.)




- andy

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