Nerves

Nerves are an experimental punk band from the west of Ireland. 

They have built a reputation as one of the most devastating live acts in the country over the past 2 years with a consistent string of headline shows and support slots around Ireland as well as the spread of a word-of-mouth buzz around the group. They recently made their UK debut with a loud, sweaty and cathartic show in the Windmill Brixton and have supported the best in Irish and UK modern punk including sprints, deadletter, gurriers, vlure and hmltd. 

Having spent 2 years refining their sound since their last release, the band are now ready to present their debut EP “Glórach”, with lead single “Empty” releasing on the 12th of January. 

“Empty” is a brutalist slab of heavily effected droning guitar and bass, corrosive blasts of feedback and gut-wrenching vocals centred around the persistence of grief over time. Its B section is an industrial build of metallic soundscapes and harrowing vocal samples. 

The band have pulled off a marriage of gothic punk soundscapes with industrial overtones, lyrics dealing with loss and mental health in the rural west and a visual aesthetic seeped in its inherent Irish sensibilities. Death, degradation and emigration in Ireland are themes that are bound to the DNA of “Empty” and the EP “Glórach”. 

The band have been compared to my bloody valentine, nine inch nails, big black and bauhaus but in truth their sound across the five tracks of this EP is harder to define.

“Glórach “comes out on March 15th alongside a vinyl release in collaboration with Galway's Blowtorch Records. 

With shows in Europe, and an Irish/UK tour coming alongside the releases in early 2024, Nerves are making a massive statement of intent for the year to come.