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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]
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Sorry Cat Dirt, but I heard about Nurses a while ago, summer of 2005 I think (I wish I still had those demos, cause they don’t sound much like the band does today), from a friend of Randy from Finch (who’s always championing local bands). Their debut album Hangin Nothin’ But Our Hands Down is out now (self released with the help of their management) and even comes with a little magnifying glass in the insert.
It took a little while for me to get into this album (but usually that’s a sign of a long lasting album in my case), at first I was attracted to the simpler traditional verse-chorus-verse songs like “Hungry Mouth”, but the more I listened to the disc the more I found myself getting into the less structured fair like “And Now The Curse Of Marjorie” and “Lots of Brass” and even digging the Cold War Kids-ish track “Alone At Last”.
Download “Hungry Mouth” (mp3)
[audio:http://www.riotactmedia.com/mp3/05%20Hungry%20Mouth%201.mp3]
and “Alone At Last” (mp3) from Hangin Nothin’ But Our Hands Down
[audio:http://www.riotactmedia.com/mp3/02%20Alone%20At%20Last%201.mp3]
Hangin Nothin’ But Our Hands Down is available now and you can buy it here from the band and/or stream it in full on imeem.