Guitars, Drums, Tones, and Saxophones

Nothington - Roads, Bridges, & Ruins

So here we are again with Nothington. Jay Northington, ex-Tsunami Bomb, leads his new band through a new album, and let me tell you right now, it’s a winner. If you liked All In, you should already have this album and have played it many, many times. And if you didn’t like All In, don’t fret; there’s a lot here that’s improved from its already excellent predecessor.

There’s no sophomore slump here; the band rips it up, and steps up the game from All In in an immediately noticeable way. Clocking in at 33 minutes, the band uses every second of that running time to its benefit, making these 10 songs all distinct, yet cohesive, and of course, catchy as all get out.

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Nothington - All In

OK, so I somehow missed out on this band until just recently. I’m not really sure how, honestly. Last.fm has been recommending them to be for a long time now, and I keep seeing their music come up on Punknews. At any rate, I finally got around to checking out their debut album, released in 2007 on BYO.

And despite the fact that none of my friends would listen to anything like this, I am disappointed in them, because they did not tell me about Nothington.

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