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Hot New Talent Alert: Nightmare Of You
In her pursuit to find the next Killers, music journalist/power blogger/entrepreneur Sarah Lewitinn signed New York foursome Nightmare Of You (or: NOY) to her new Stolen Transmission singles label to showcase some of their songs. NOY was formed by lead singer Brandon Reilly (ex-Movielife) with high school friend Joseph McCaffrey. Ryan Heil and Sammy Siegler joined the two to make the Nightmare complete. Last week, the group released their full-length debut on its own Bevonshire Label, named in honor of the dingy hotel they lived at during the album's recording.
Nightmare Of You initially stands out because of its band name. That was something that the group wanted to create on purpose. "We wanted to set ourselves apart from the current garage/80's movement," says enigmatic frontman Reilly in an interview. "We also wanted the band name to not fit our music."
NOY's first single "I Want to Be Buried In Your Backyard" is a departure from the group's edgy punk-rock roots. The song is a gentle, love-gone-sour pop tune that invokes sounds of Morrissey and even the Police. Watch out for an interview with the band in GENRE's november issue.
Download Nightmare Of You "I Want To Be Buried In Your Backyard" [mp3] Stream Nightmare Of You's entire debut album here
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September 23, 2005 in MP3 | Permalink
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Why do all these emo boy bands thing it's not obnoxious to sing with an affected California/Brit accent?
The music in this song is great - very Johnny Marr - but the vocals sound like a singer not sure of what style to go with.
Posted by: J'ason D'Luv at Sep 23, 2005 10:57:32 AM
They sound really good.
Posted by: Drum n Bass producer at Sep 23, 2005 12:47:59 PM
they put on a great show with head automatica this past june
Posted by: mysweetbeard at Sep 23, 2005 1:52:19 PM
WoW!!! I really liked it...cant say why, but it sounded great
Posted by: Ethan at Sep 27, 2005 1:11:50 AM
...PopMuse has been a NOY fan for months! They should be taking Cable TV by storm very soon, stay tuned!
Posted by: PopMuse at Sep 28, 2005 4:37:53 PM
Loves it.
Posted by: Renald! at Sep 29, 2005 9:29:05 AM
the most amazing song by them... in which you will all love... has like a very 80's sound to it... is called "My Name is Trouble"
you should go get that song, and buy the album..because really, this album is just wonderful. It's only a matter of time before these guys are mainstream. =(
Posted by: Justin at Oct 15, 2005 6:48:03 AM
