Best New Atlanta Music: Nomen Novum – ‘Paradises’ LP
Nomen Novum‘s second full-length album, Paradises, proudly showcases the multitude of strengths of one of Atlanta’s most versatile and talented outfits. The 8 song collection sees the experimental rock duo of David Norbery and Mark Godfrey continuing down an arc of trading the guitar-centric, conventional song structure of their Moorish Idols roots for loops, electronics, and pushing boundaries. The record has a terrific balance between Nomen Novum‘s more avant-garde tendencies and their brilliant song writing abilities. There are so many minute details that greatly enhance the sum of its parts, like seamlessly weaving field recordings and samples throughout the entire record. Songs start and end at different sides of the spectrum, for example the title track begins an upbeat, acoustic folk jam and ends in trancey, synthetic harmonies, sound effects and loops. But despite being so dynamic in terms of both its sounds and its methods, Paradises still retains a simplistic and easily accessible feel. It’s almost too perfect for a mere half an hour of music. Together with their November LP, one could make a strong case that Nomen Novum have the two best records to come out of the city so far this year. So if you have yet to become acquainted with this band, you can stream all of Paradises at Nomen Novum‘s website.
Nomen Novum : Miracles Come True
I was first introduced to many of the songs on Paradises during their 2008 “Vegan Tour”. I caught them in Brooklyn on my way to All Tomorrow’s Parties New York. They played in a dark basement under some weird bar giving away pizzas with every beer, or something like that. I remember being totally blown away by the drumming jam at the end of “Miracles Come True”. The band put together a great little mini-doc of that short east coast jaunt that features many songs from Paradises:
Nomen Novum @ Nophest 2009
Nomen Novum will be at The Earl with Bear in Heaven this Sunday, October 11. (Tickets/Info here)
- Posted by Davy Minor on October 7, 2009 at 4:56 am
