The Nervous Hex takes a stab at making 1988’s second-best guitar record with upcoming debut EP, out Nov. 5th via Dead Stare.

Bi-coastal-based trio will please fans of Sonic Youth, Galaxie 500, Yo La Tengo, Feelies; Let lead track “Wash” over you now.
 
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The Nervous Hex (L-R): Ryan Traster, Corey Zaloom, Dylan Schultz. Photo credit: The Nervous Hex
 
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The Nervous Hex | “Wash”
  

[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1OEd_8FENQ
 
[STREAM]: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/TheNervousHex-Wash
 
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“Revolution lies behind your eyes. / Stop looking towards the sky.”
 
“Sonically, I was in a deep Shoegaze rabbit hole for this one,” says Ryan Traster of The Nervous Hex about “Wash.” “It was during a particularly rainy winter in Portland, and I was messing around with a lot of textures and weirdo tunings and stuff.
 
“Lyrically, I wanted to explore the idea of looking inward to spark revolution, whether that be a personal revolution, cultural revolution, or both. Side-stepping the notion that there is going to be a savior that swoops in and really changes things.”
 
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The Nervous Hex
S/T EP
Nov. 5^th, 2021
(Dead Stare)
  

 
Track Listing:
01.Wash (VIDEO | STREAM)
02.Ghosting
03.The Avenues
04.Positive Feedback Loop
 
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The Nervous Hex | About
 

“Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth said that Today by Galaxie 500 was ‘the guitar album of 1988,’” explains Ryan Traster of The Nervous Hex. “It made me want to take a stab at making the second best guitar album of 1988.”
 
The Nervous Hex will release the first rumblings of this worthwhile endeavor on Nov. 5^th with its self-titled four-song debut EP via Dead Stare. Hear the lead track “Wash” now.
 
Based on both coasts – Traster (Guitar/Vocals) is in Southern California, Corey Zaloom (Bass, Vocals) and Dylan Schultz (Guitar, Vocals) are in Brooklyn – The Nervous Hex brings together three successful longtime DIY-ers.
 
Traster has numerous solo albums album to his credit, in addition to his stint with Midwestern Emo heroes Small Towns Burn A Little Slower (Triple Crown / Rise Records), and Zaloom and Schultz have variously performed with artists such as A Bunch of Dead People, Swampboots, Riverwild, Galaxy Queens, and Tourmaline.
 
The members of The Nervous Hex are also old friends and former bandmates, reconvening in a new formation to find a new sound. Along with the pursuit of 1988’s guitar album silver medal per the Thurston / Galaxie quote above, the songs on “The Nervous Hex EP” also give off potent late 80s / early 90s, Hoboken / Yo La Tengo / Feelies vibes.
 
Or, as the band’s mix engineer Joe McGrath (Morrissey, Green Day, Velocity Girl) viscerally describes, “It feels like I missed the last PATH train, so I had to sleep in the Hoboken terminal.”
 
Despite the distance, “The Nervous Hex EP” is meant to “announce this band into existence,” according to Traster, as the trio is already working on new music and plans for touring in 2022.
 
The debut self-titled EP by The Nervous Hex is scheduled for release on Nov. 5^th, 2021 on Dead Stare.
 
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The Nervous Hex | Links
 
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