Jim Nothing – In The Marigolds (Vinyl)
Is there a second coming of New Zealand indie? Was there ever an end to the first? It’s hard to say. While so many great bands are no more (Sneaky Feelings, The Go-Betweens, The Mutton Birds, we salute you), the majority of the Flying Nun crew are still going strong, give or take a hiatus here or there.
If it’s not a resurrection then there’s at the very least a renewed interest in the idiosyncratic pop that characterised the country’s 80s output. Its influence is everywhere, from Antipodean bands that grew up on their parents’ Flying Nun records to kindred spirits from further afield.
Already this week, we’ve turned ourselves inside out looking for plaudits strong enough to describe Auckland’s The Beths. But while we were focused on the North Island, something special was creeping up from the South. That something is Jim Nothing, the alter ego of Christchurch’s James G Sullivan, formerly the drummer in the excellent Salad Boys.
In The Marigolds, Sullivan’s first release under the Jim Nothing moniker since 2015, could easily pass for a lost Flying Nun classic. So many of the iconic label’s leading lights are stitched into the album’s DNA: a touch of The Clean here (‘Fall Back Down’), some Bats there (‘Seahorse Kingdom’), an otherworldly poppiness that could only come from The Chills (‘Nowhere Land’), a haunting jangle inherited from The Verlaines (‘Something New’). (Ticketmaster)
Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, White
Tracklist:
A1 It Won't Be Long
A2 Never Come Down
A3 Seahorse Kingdom
A4 Nowhere Land
A5 Already Gone
A6 Fall Back Down
B1 Yellow Horse
B2 Borrowed Time
B3 Only Life
B4 Something New
B5 Back Again
B6 In The Marigolds
Is there a second coming of New Zealand indie? Was there ever an end to the first? It’s hard to say. While so many great bands are no more (Sneaky Feelings, The Go-Betweens, The Mutton Birds, we salute you), the majority of the Flying Nun crew are still going strong, give or take a hiatus here or there.
If it’s not a resurrection then there’s at the very least a renewed interest in the idiosyncratic pop that characterised the country’s 80s output. Its influence is everywhere, from Antipodean bands that grew up on their parents’ Flying Nun records to kindred spirits from further afield.
Already this week, we’ve turned ourselves inside out looking for plaudits strong enough to describe Auckland’s The Beths. But while we were focused on the North Island, something special was creeping up from the South. That something is Jim Nothing, the alter ego of Christchurch’s James G Sullivan, formerly the drummer in the excellent Salad Boys.
In The Marigolds, Sullivan’s first release under the Jim Nothing moniker since 2015, could easily pass for a lost Flying Nun classic. So many of the iconic label’s leading lights are stitched into the album’s DNA: a touch of The Clean here (‘Fall Back Down’), some Bats there (‘Seahorse Kingdom’), an otherworldly poppiness that could only come from The Chills (‘Nowhere Land’), a haunting jangle inherited from The Verlaines (‘Something New’). (Ticketmaster)
Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, White
Tracklist:
A1 It Won't Be Long
A2 Never Come Down
A3 Seahorse Kingdom
A4 Nowhere Land
A5 Already Gone
A6 Fall Back Down
B1 Yellow Horse
B2 Borrowed Time
B3 Only Life
B4 Something New
B5 Back Again
B6 In The Marigolds
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