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NERVE is the third full length from PSYCHIC TEENS. Following 2013's acclaimed COME, NERVE continues the evolution of PSYCHIC TEENS as one of the most striking bands to emerge from Philadelphia's burgeoning underground music community. After releasing the single FACE with Reptilian Records in 2014, the band embarked on a short string of tour dates which allowed them to put the finishing touches on this new batch of songs in a live setting. The band then settled in at Gradwell House studio in early 2015 with Steve Poponi (Fight Amp, Into It. Over It) to record what would evolve into NERVE. With more focused songwriting and nuanced arrangements, the band expanded on the atmospheric and colossal guitar driven attack they have become known for. Poponi, who has mixed the band in a live setting, added and subtracted elements to help PSYCHIC TEENS shape-shift to create an album that satiates appetites for music that is both tuneful and gloomy while maintaining the band's trademark overdriven and monolithic sound. PSYCHIC TEENS have received critical praise from SPIN (Album of the Week, Artists of the Month), BOING BOING, CVLT NATION, BROOKLYN VEGAN, WXPN, THE RUNOUT, PUNK NEWS and POP MATTERS, among others. NERVE was mastered for vinyl and CD by James Plotkin (Mondo, Horseback) and features a stunning gatefold sleeve with original artwork from French illustrator Amandine Urruty.

Sales Points

• For Fans Of: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, PROTOMARTYR, BAUHAUS, SWANS, THE CURE, DESTRUCTION UNIT, METZ

Press Quotes

'Mix of sounds from different regions of the underground's darker corners coupled in spots with poppier elements. Echoes of the brutal post-punk of The Mark Of Cain, Snake Corps' loud-guitar goth pop, My Bloody Valentine's howl, and even a bit of Iggy in the vocals can be heard clinging to the spine. I definitely can dig it.'

     —Razorcake