Jake Xerxes Fussell and Itasca Abroad.
That’s right: both Jake Xerxes Fussell and Itasca are setting out on European tours. You can even catch both of them at the End of the Road Festival in Dorset, UK this summer, Sept. 3–6. What a party!
Nap Eyes
Nap Eyes Announce Snapshot of a Beginner with “Mark Zuckerberg” Video.
Nap Eyes will release their new album Snapshot of a Beginner, their most concentrated and hi-fi effort to date (produced by Jonathan Low and James Elkington), on March 27th via Jagjaguwar / Royal Mountain, in partnership with PoB. This one’s for the procrastinators and the slow learners. This one’s for the bungled and the botched, for the fumbled and humbled. This one’s for the late bloomers. (Get 20% off the Naps catalog with coupon SNAPSHOT.)
Nap Eyes: Snapshot of a Beginner (PoB-058)
This one’s for the procrastinators and the slow learners. This one’s for the bungled and the botched, for the fumbled and humbled. This one’s for the late bloomers, and ultimately, Nap Eyes’ latest full-length Snapshot of a Beginner—their boldest, most concentrated, and most hi-fi album to date (produced by Jonathan Low and James Elkington)—is proof that sometimes, the late bloomers bloom brightest.
MMXVIII End Times: Lists + Playlists of the Annus Horribilis.
As 2018 comes to a close, we are proud to look back on a year of seven new PoB releases and feel honored to have worked with so many inspiring artists. Proud sensations! Several releases from our 2018 catalog were highlighted on notable Best of 2018 lists, so we’d like to say thanks to the authors for their consideration and kind words. Also, check out our “MMXVIII End Times” Playlist.
Nap Eyes: Too Bad (PoB-053)
In their first recordings released since the critically acclaimed long-player I’m Bad Now, Haligonian heroes Nap Eyes sail an autumnal wind of regret and longing. “Have You Seen the Light” exposes an inscape of illumination and revelation all too rare today. Hate begets hate, and light begets light. Too Bad? “I’ve Always Known You Care” evinces the affections we do not reveal, as the fall leaves fall. Nigel ends the song with a promise for the future: “Oh yeah, you can count on me.”
Hear Nap Eyes’ New Two-Song Single “Too Bad” & Catch Them on Tour with Cloud Nothings.
Haligonian heroes Nap Eyes have shared two new tracks, honest and deeply resonant, available worldwide today to stream or purchase as a digital single. In these first recordings released since the critically acclaimed long-player I’m Bad Now, the group sails an autumnal wind of regret and longing, Nigel Chapman’s signature existential lyrics guiding each track as the leaves fall.
PoB + TiM = Trouble in Paradise.
Trouble in Mind and PoB, in cooperation with the venerable Chicago venue the Empty Bottle, are proud to present Trouble in Paradise, a three-day festival (Sept. 13-15) showcasing a simpatico sampling of both record labels’ critically acclaimed and wide-ranging international rosters. The lineup, which features an array of artists including The Weather Station, Gun Outfit, Nap Eyes, Itasca, James Elkington, JX Fussell & Nathan Bowles, among many others, explores the shared terrain between the respective realms of one label named for a classic blues song and another named for a Melville story.
Happy Release Day to Nap Eyes.
Nap Eyes’ new album I’m Bad Now is out today! The Ides of March are nearly upon us; grip a copy before it’s too late. “I went out walking with my headphones on/Classical Indian raga twenty minutes long/Then I listened to old American folk song/A little bit shorter, still a lot going on.”
Stream Nap Eyes’ I’m Bad Now via NPR Music’s First Listen.
Nap Eyes are streaming their new album via NPR Music and CBC Music ahead of its March 9th release. NPR praises the band as “masters of subtlety,” evocatively describing the most transparent and personal Nap Eyes’ album to date: “I’m Bad Now slithers through 11 tracks like a phosphorescent python, its diamond-shaped scales emitting both glimmer and gloom.”
Watch the Video for the New Nap Eyes Single “I’m Bad.”
Nap Eyes have unveiled the next single from their forthcoming album, I’m Bad Now. Accompanying “I’m Bad” is a video directed by Halifax-based filmmaker Seth Smith and inspired by Renaissance portraiture, which The FADER premiered today. Also, Uncut declares the album a masterpiece on par with the Go-Betweens, Belle & Sebastian, and Television.