The mighty Nod finally makes the List! Hooray!
But now, the hard part: figuring out what to say about them. Nod's a hard band to describe. They sometimes sound like a blend of Daniel Johnston, Captain Beefheart and the Modern Lovers, but not really like any of them at all. It's rock, but it's free-form; there are folk and punk elements, pop, no-wave, blues, jazz, noise. It's all in there. But none of it dominates. It's just... beyond my abilities to pigeon-hole. But, I find them charming, and intriguing, sometimes frustrating, but mostly fun.
On some tunes, half the band sounds like they're not even trying to play the same song, which makes it sound like a really frustrating band practice, if I'm not in the mood. On other tunes, some of them will drift in and out of the groove. Sometimes they all rock it out together. The drummer keeps things chugging along, and the vocals are usually close by, but the rest of them come and go. So, it's chaotic, but intentional. And it's something I can either love or something I can't handle at all, depending on my mood. Lately, I've been in the mood quite often.
If I didn't go to school in Rochester NY, I'm sure I would know nothing about them. Sadly.
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