I hope you can forgive me, dear readers. I was rather preoccupied on Friday, trudging through a difficult workday and leading a brief expedition into Brooklyn. During that time Nikki Sue & The Bad News, New Jersey’s purveyors of Viking Metal Folk/County, have seized a golden opportunity to make Fridays a little more awesome, which is something that was desperately needed in the long absence of ABC’s “TGIF” programming block.
“Leave It All Behind” is the first single released off of Nothing Gold, the upcoming follow-up to 2012’s borderline addictive Lower Places. All of the necessary elements of a great Nikki Sue track are in play here. Nikki’s sassy, commanding vocals continue to impress, but the band is really put in the forefront. Ben Hutcheon makes his slick guitar-picking seem effortless while Steve Salerno and Dan Monda transform the rhythm into a bonafide toe-tapper. I don’t mean to be a “track-tease,” but I’m going to stop right here. I’d go a little further, but I’ve gotta save a little something for the review.
Nothing Gold will be available this Thursday on Nikki Sue & The Bad News’ Bandcamp site. However, as the Latin proverb so eloquently stated, “fortune favors the bold” so if you can’t wait until then you can download that track now. If you’re in the Northern New Jersey area on Friday night the band will be playing their record release show at the Clash Bar in Clifton, NJ. Coming along for the ride are Don Ryan, Band of Mountains and Farewell Luna.
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