The Nightingales return with The Awful Truth, a sharp and unrelenting record released on Fire Records in 2025. Described as a "modern mutant music hall interpretation of the day's news," the album delivers a haunting jolt of realism narrated with the angst of a slightly dishevelled late-night newscaster. Recorded at Service Unlimited Studio in Wandersleben in October 2024, it captures the band in characteristically vital form.
Across its twelve tracks, The Awful Truth showcases the band's offbeat theatricality and post-punk sensibility in full force. Highlights include "Same Old Riff," a wry slice of infectious post-punk repetition, and "The Gates of Heaven Ajar," where scattered percussion and spidery guitars give way to a tuba-led strut with a strange, half-spoken charm. Fans of adventurous, literate rock will find plenty to dig into here.
- Format: Vinyl
- Red Vinyl
- Label: Fire Records
- Genre: Rock
- Release Date: 04/04/2025
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TRACKS
A1. The New Emperor's New Clothes
A2. Same Old Riff
A3. The Gates Of Heaven Ajar
A4. The Men, Again
A5. The Best Revenge
A6. Just Before
B1. Warm Up
B2. Joyce
B3. All Smiles
B4. The Limpest Bark
B5. The Princess And The Piss Artist
B6. Giddy Aunt
B7. The Morning After Mouth
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