The new Nap Eyes album I’m Bad Now is out today! The Ides of March are nearly upon us; grip a copy before it’s too late.

The acclaimed Canadians’ ambitious, allusive third album achieves a new sonic clarity, depth, and range to match the effortless melodies and extraordinary writing. It’s the band’s most transparent and personal set of songs to date, in which singer Nigel Chapman interrogates social, psychological, and spiritual milieus for clues about the elusive nature of knowledge.

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

 

ORDER I’M BAD NOW, NOW:

$9.00 – $31.00

Or support via:  Bandcamp  (LP/CD/digital) |  Other Options (LP/CD/DL/stream) | Local Record Stores

 

 

For the first time in PoB history, you have the option of ordering the album on colored vinyl. There is a limited edition of 600 deluxe copies of I’m Bad Now pressed onto pink vinyl, few of which remain, so act now if you want one.

For digital-only preorders, please visit Bandcamp (which also offers uncompressed, high-resolution audio files) or your favorite digital marketplace.

I’m Bad Now is also available via You’ve Changed Records (in Canada) and Jagjaguwar (in the rest of the world). Catch the band on tour in North America this Spring.

 

Through today only, Nap Eyes’ previous albums Whine of the Mystic (2015) and Thought Rock Fish Scale (2016) are both on sale for 20% off with coupon code BADNOW.

 

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PRAISE FOR NAP EYES: 

9/10. I’m Bad Now is the real deal… feels as much a modest masterpiece as Spring Hill Fair or Tigermilk. What sets them apart is the fear and trembling in Nigel Chapman’s reedy monotone and guitarist Brad Loughead, who unleashes the full Verlainian screaming bluebird repertoire. 

– Stephen Troussé, Uncut

Masters of subtlety. I’m Bad Now slithers through 11 tracks like a phosphorescent python, its diamond-shaped scales emitting both glimmer and gloom.

– Beca Grimm, NPR Music

Possibly the catchiest, most immediate thing they’ve ever done, a deceptively thoughtful rocker that ambles along with a little extra verve.

– Peter Helman, Stereogum

Triangulates the sweet spot between the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Marquee Moon. If that sounds like your thing, I promise that Nap Eyes will be very your thing.

– Stephen Hyden, Uproxx

In just four short years, Nap Eyes have made much ado about meaninglessness with rock ‘n’ roll songs that shake just offbeat and smart lyrics wrapped in bemused ennui.

– Lars Gotrich, NPR Music

8.2. They’re a remarkably consistent band, yes, but a remarkably skilled band as well.

– Paste Magazine

It’s a tighter, stronger offering of Chapman’s quick-witted, smart lyricism — with room for the band not to take itself too seriously.

– CBC Music

Their relaxed, scholarly indie-rock imagines the Velvet Underground if they ditched the leathers for wool sweaters. But this languor contrasts with frontman Nigel Chapman’s hyperactive mind, yielding songs that are lucid with laser-like focus and freeze-framed detail.

– Stuart Berman, Pitchfork

One of the most satisfying rock bands making music anymore, with a wit and sound both relaxing and quick.

– Duncan Cooper, The FADER

 

Photos by Matthew Parri Thomas.