Nance David: Negative Boogie

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release. David Nance Omaha veteran of warble and hiss returns with Negative Boogie his concoction of chug throb and greasy swagger. On this album Nance trades in his beaten up Tascam 488 for the bullet-proof glass walls of A.R.C. Studios. What exactly is the negative boogie Well its a bit like Canned Heat but with Pere Ubus queasy rhythms and someone playing five finger fillet with Swell Maps. Ensconced in his ivory tower and soundproof rooms Nance reached for unlikely weapons to tear down his own lofty experiment. He had his pick of rare guitars cowbells steel drums vintage amps Crazy Horse microphones mellotron and the restless but indefatigable rhythm section of Kevin Donahue and Tom May. They started at sunrise and recorded fifteen songs by midnight. Maybe its his Midwestern work ethic maybe hes a sonic cheapskate. Maybe its just the sound of negative boogie. These songs stab and flow into one other like a perfectly orchestrated classic. They are drenched with Nances most biting and comic lyrics to date peaking on D.L.A.T.U.M.F. Blues Dont Look At This Ugly Mother Fucker Blues. And ripping through the entire thing is the cracked power he yanks out of the guitar a veritable The Good The Bad And The Ugly of riffage. This is a departure for Nance. Its bigger and grander but its far from easy music. Its his Plastic Ono Band his For Your Pleasure his fever dream of Rocket from the Tombs. But this of course is only a press release written by a team of robots using words programmed to seduce you. Did it work

1.1 More Than Enough Reprise
1.2 Negative Boogie
1.3 Silver Wings
1.4 Cruel Kind of Love
1.5 Give It Some Time
1.6 _____
1.7 River with No Color
1.8 Dlatumf Blues
1.9 Trianglehead
1.10 52 and 4
1.11 Ambulance


H 0.09
W 12.39
L 12.42