Some People Never Change is the fifth album by Leeds based trio Nervous Twitch who are fronted by Erin Hyde alongside Jamie Churchley and is out on Reckless Yes records.
The Album opens with The History Of The Wild West that's a low-fi blast of indie rock, to give us a very different view of the Wild West to the one Torme normally opened there sets with, but this has a few guitar tricks up its sleeve too, as they look into some of the less pleasant parts of that history.
Social Chameleon is about the sort of so-called friend who will drop you in a second for someone cooler or better than you, while sounding like the offspring of Blood & Roses and Meatjoy, this could as easily be from Hackney in the early 80's as Leeds in the 2020's.
It has a wonderful cheap organ solo full of sustained notes, as they have another pop at this Leopard they need out of their lives.
Don't Be Mean is solid advice in these hate filled times, this organ led anthem to persuade everyone to be nice to each other, it's good and catchy and hopes to convince us all be nicer than we have been, if only we could get our politicians to heed this advice.
What The Hell is that oft shouted exclamation, we are all used to using when watching the news, hearing of the latest idiocy as they ask how you make things saner and more sensible, they are frustrated like the rest of us, but want to find ways to make things improve with a good chug along rhythm with echoes of Voodoo Queens or a less salacious Pandoras.
Forgive Yourself opens with a slow bass solo as the guitar feedbacks into view as this confessional gets under way as we are all guilty of some bad behavior that we all need to be able to Forgive Yourself to be able to move on, as long as what you've done isn't worthy of a prison cell that is. But this is more about the friends you've dropped and people you've not always been nice too.
You Never Let Me Down sounds like a bunch of fan posts and reviews turned into a song, lots of very familiar phrases that are said to bands often by people who may not have actually listened to the band's music let alone buy any of it. This is sparser and a bit quieter as you realize just how out of touch you might be.
It's Going To Be Ok Digi is of course when my Wi-fi gives out, the music stops, while I spend half an hour having ructions with my service provider, before I get to listen to this properly, as that bass pulses with good reverb laden vocals, as this song assures me things will be OK, we have nothing to worry about, whatever your current issues are, on a song that is a bit Get Smart! A bit Blood & Roses but all Nervous Twitch.
More Than Enough Warning gives the listener some good fuzz laden advice as to how to avoid being kicked to the curb, while remaining friends with Nervous Twitch. We Don't Care is a rabble non arousal strategy for our times, as Erin tells us just how much she doesn't care, what her ex or her friends know about her or say about her, this is a good kiss off, a song with a good garage rock feel a bit like the September Girls.
If You Don't Wanna Know Me (I'm Happy On My Own) is a song of exasperation at the sort of friend who wants all the benefits with none of the heavy lifting of really knowing a partner, telling them if they don't want the full package then that's fine just go.
This Mad At the World is a statement of our times, without having to list the multiple ways we are all currently Mad At The World, this is over a gently strummed acoustic guitar rather than a full on rage assault our times properly deserve.
Another Way is a slow bass strummed chant asking if we can come up with a better way of doing things so we don't all have to suffer so much, so that not only you can find a better way to live with each other and get along and stop arguing about the Corn Dollies.
The album closes with Snowball that rolls across your speakers gaining pace ever so slowly as you roll away from each other this feels rather pensive, a thoughtful conclusion to the album.
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