Wednesday, November 10, 2021

“The Nervous Hex deliver guitar-driven euphoria... It’s an aural feast for those who love the sound of indie rock guitars,” says Treble; Debut EP out now.

RIYL: Galaxie 500, Yo La Tengo, The Feelies; “Like I missed the last PATH train, so I had to sleep in the Hoboken terminal,” says mixer, Joe McGrath.
 
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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 deliver guitar-driven euphoria… Rich in hypnotic layers of guitar, splitting the difference between ‘80s college rock jangle and peak shoegaze. It’s an aural feast for those who love the sound of indie rock guitars.” – Treble
 
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The Nervous Hex
S/T EP
Out Now
(Dead Stare)
 
Streaming Link:
STREAM FULL EP
  
 
Track Listing:
01. Wash (VIDEO | STREAM)
02. Ghosting
03. The Avenues
04. Positive Feedback Loop (VIDEO | STREAM)
 
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The Nervous Hex | “Positive Feedback Loop”
 
 

[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBP8HGgooF8
 
[STREAM]: https://fanatic.lnk.to/TheNervousHex-PositiveFeedbackLoop
 
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Check out the premiere of “Positive Feedback Loop” by The Nervous Hex at Ghettoblaster Magazine or the links above!
 
Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth said that Today by Galaxie 500 was ‘the guitar album of 1988,’” says Ryan Traster of The Nervous Hex. “It made me want to take a stab at making the second best guitar album of 1988.”
 
Of “Positive Feedback Loop,” the closing track on the band’s debut EP, out Nov. 5th, the band’s Dylan Shultz says, “Dead bored after another in a long line of disappointing nights out, I stumbled across a strange inverted chord that built into a hazy, driving progression which matched my frustration.
 
“The melody hit right, but the first lyrical swing was more of the same bummer stuff I’d been writing, so I asked myself, ‘why bother?’ The little thought experiment spun into me trying to encourage my younger self to try again after a big bad ole breakup. Long story short, can’t win if you don’t risk losing... again.”
 
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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 | About
 

Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth said that Today by Galaxie 500 was ‘the guitar album of 1988,’” says 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. 5th 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 self-titled debut EP by The Nervous Hex is scheduled for release on Nov. 5th, 2021 on Dead Stare.
 
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The Nervous Hex | Links
 
INSTAGRAM : BANDCAMP : DEAD STARE
 
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Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion | Contact
 
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