3/30/2023 0 Comments Twitch the 8bit drummerIt’s a trick they repeat throughout the album, although there are enough subtle shifts to keep it from becoming too predictable. Nervous Twitch’s sound is a fusion of punk’s grit, with a slice of glam-tinged, bubblegum pop take opening track So Rock’n’Roll, as it mocks the classic testosterone fuelled know it all rock fan, it’s effortlessly fuses the raw, raggedness of The Sex Pistols with the knowing wink of The Ronettes or The 5.6.7.8.’s. It’s a record that shy’s away from much in the way of studio trickery, sounding pretty much as raw, and exciting as the live show. Thankfully listening to their latest album, Don’t Take My TV, the recorded version hasn’t done much to change that opinion. We first caught Nervous Twitch opening up this year’s Indietracks and they were superb, glossy, glamorous and an enjoyable level of kitsch. They released their second album, Don’t Take My TV, earlier this year, and after selling out the cassette version have teamed up with Odd Box Records for a vinyl release. Their debut LP, Get Back In Line, came out on cassette via OddBox in early 2015, with a re-release planned for later this year via Swiss label Middle Ear. Since then they’ve released a set of EPs and singles, with some self-releases and some team ups including Punk Fox. Nervous Twitch have been sharing music with the world since around 2011. Famous bands from Leeds include Chumbawamba, Kaiser Chiefs and Mel B, but it’s not all bad news they’ve also given the world Hookworms, Gang Of Four and I Like Trains. Leeds has become a major player in the current musical landscape, due at least in part to a large student population, based mainly around the LS6 area, home to the legendary Brudenell Social Club. Leeds built up around the River Aire which flows through the city, and takes it’s name from the Brythonic word Ladenses meaning “people of the fast-flowing river.” Despite what some (generally Southern folk) would have you believe, Leeds has a diverse economy, no longer based largely around heavy industry but in the service and financial markets. With a population of nearly 800,000, Leeds is the third biggest city in the country, and is West Yorkshire’s financial, cultural and commercial heartland. Nervous Twitch are from the North’s premiere musical city, Leeds. They remind us a bit of a British take on Quentin Tarantino soundtracks when he uses Japanese bands doing their take on American-garage bands a walking advert for globalisation if ever we’ve seen one. They borrow from a variety of influences, from punk, through surf, garage and classic rock’n’roll. Nervous Twitch deal in a classic, slightly retro sound, but that is not to say it’s a mere parody. Plus at various times another guitarist, who seems to change depending on what picture we’re looking at. A surprisingly difficult question to find the answer to in any of their promotional material, but Nervous Twitch appear to be guitarist and main songwriter Jay Churchley, drummer Ashley Goodall and vocals, bass, keyboards and excellent wigs from Erin Rumble.
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