Nap Eyes
Formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the early 2010s, indie rock quartet Nap Eyes combine the driving jangle of classic Flying Nun bands with an arch lyricism and scrappy lo-fi ethos that played out over a trilogy of critically acclaimed albums in the middle years of that decade. Built around the literate, often stream-of-consciousness voice of songwriter/guitarist Nigel Chapman, the band underwent a slight sonic shift in 2020 with their more elaborately arranged fourth outing, Snapshot of a Beginner.
Bandmates Chapman, bassist Josh Salter, drummer Seamus Dalton, and lead guitarist Brad Loughead debuted with a self-titled EP that came out in 2011. Though Dalton and Salter were both in the group Monomyth, and Loughead was a member of Each Other, Nap Eyes kept cranking out music, with two EPs (Tribal Thoughts and Four More Songs By) in 2012 and two 2013 releases (Joint Uppers & Other Favourites! and Dreaming Solo). They recorded fast, eschewing overdubs and getting a live and loose sound. Their first full-length was recorded in 2013 in Montreal by Mike Wright, who was also in Each Other with Loughead. Whine of the Mystic was first issued in 2014 in a limited run by Plastic Factory, then co-reissued in July 2015 by You've Changed Records and Paradise of Bachelors.
Once again employing their preferred studio method, Nap Eyes recorded their follow-up album, 2016's Thought Rock Fish Scale, entirely live in the studio over a period of four days. Completing what they considered to be an informal trilogy of LPs, the band returned in March 2018 with the deeply personal I'm Bad Now. For Nap Eyes' fourth album, they took a more measured and hi-fi approach, working with producers Jonathan Low (the National) and James Elkington at the National's Long Pond studio in Upstate New York. The resulting album, Snapshot of a Beginner, was released by Jagjaguwar in April 2020.
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Thought Rock Fish Scale
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Paradise of Bachelors em 05/02/2016
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Snapshot of a Beginner
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Jagjaguwar em 27/03/2020
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Whine of the Mystic
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Paradise of Bachelors em 01/01/2014
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When I Come Around - EP
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Jagjaguwar em 14/05/2021
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When I Come Around
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Jagjaguwar em 05/05/2021
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Aquarium Drunkard’s Lagniappe Session
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Jagjaguwar em 08/05/2018
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Mystery Calling
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Jagjaguwar em 10/03/2020
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Dark Creedence
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Paradise of Bachelors em 20/05/2015
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Every Time the Feeling
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Jagjaguwar em 11/01/2018
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So Tired
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Jagjaguwar em 19/02/2020
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Mark Zuckerberg
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Jagjaguwar em 21/01/2020
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Snake Oil / Child's Romance
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Jagjaguwar em 27/08/2020
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Lion in Chains
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Paradise of Bachelors em 25/01/2016
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Mixer
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Paradise of Bachelors em 17/11/2015
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Roll It
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Paradise of Bachelors em 06/01/2016
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