The Nits C/D S/D

This is an amazing album, probably the most consistent one I've heard yet. I always play it last at night because it just seems right, strange album. The last last third is particularly good.

"Around The Fish" is genius. "The Night-Owl" has references to Leonard Cohen but it doesn't seem like it's about him. Guitars on "House Of Sleeping Beauties are glorious.

The beautifully quirky little studio spot in Amsterdam, 'Werf' that has served as their home base for recording, storage, and rehearsals for decades is burning to the ground as I type, totally devastated for the members of the band.

Robert Jan has messaged that the band has 'lost everything...'

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdnxis0IEKv/

That's horrible

As is often the case, the band's fans rallied with a GoFundMe page which, after some news coverage, exceeded its initial target of €15k and has been reset to 25k, and it's nearly there too.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/inzamelingsactie-nieuwe-apparatuur-voor-de-nits

Awful to hear about the Werf fire, but glad the GoFundMe's gone well. Had dug out In The Dutch Mountains and Giant Normal Dwarf to listen to again; had tried to very crudely tell fellow NZers that they were sort've an equiv to how Split Enz/Crowded House are here (psych passing through new wave into beloved late-80s craft-heavy pop) but not sure how well that holds up.

MaresNest, this is a bit of a reach, but would you happen to have the tracklisting of that compilation you made ~7 years ago? My digital copy didn't survive the trip back from China / lost access to the email addresses I was using over there.

(also - loosely inspired by the Nits, I picked up an NYRB translation of Nescio's Amsterdam Stories)

Heya etc, well I had a look in my old music drive and I actually do have the mix, much to my surprise.

Here is a link - https://fromsmash.com/3YFmgggwoO-bt

https://fb.watch/epjNPKNpqY/