Paul Nash - guitar, vocals. Charlotte Nicholls - cello, vocals. Tim Atack - drums, keys, vocals. Neil Johnson - guitar, vocals.
Influences
Bauhaus, Black Forest/Black Sea, Black Happy Day, Black Heart Procession, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Berlin-era Bowie, Kate Bush, John Cale, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Crescent, Crow Tongue, Cure, Ivor Cutler, Dead Can Dance, Matt Elliott, Empress, Espers, John Fahey, PJ Harvey, Joy Division, Low, Movietone, Nina Nastasia, Nico, Popol Vuh, Portishead, Rachel’s, Red House Painters, Bruce Springsteen (’Nebraska’), This Heat, Richard Thompson, Tom Waits, Scott Walker, Yo La Tengo.
Video by Guy Denning for ‘Victorian' from debut LP ‘Make the Blacklist'.
NSN: Paul Nash formed NSN in 2004. He performs solo and as a 4-piece with Charlotte Nicholls, Tim Atack and Neil Johnson. In 2006, NSN played Ashton Court and VENN Festival, and toured with Rose Kemp. ‘Stasi' LP is in production. Sophomore studio album ‘Lights in Darkest England' will be recorded in Summer 2008. The track ‘Edward', a duet with Rose Kemp (One Little Indian), has featured on various compilations including ‘Silber on Silber' (Silber Records). ‘Lights in Darkest England' rehearsal recorded in glorious lo-fi by NSN at Factory Studios. Original artwork courtesy Mr Guy Denning. 'Stasi' photography courtesy Herr J. Karjalainen.
UPCOMING SHOWS:
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RELEASES: ‘Make the Blacklist' LP NSN-001 (2005) - AVAILABLE
We can't resist playing more NSN on the show, so we’re playing "Dark Lake" and plugging your upcoming Folk House gig on Bristol Uncovered this Sunday morning on BBC Radio Bristol between 1-3am. Hear it live or anytime in the 7 days after broadcast using the on line "Listen Live/Again" feature on the BBC i-Player, there's a link to it from our profile.
Happy Dynamic Living!
Richard Pitt & Gary Smith Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol
Thought we’d let you know that we played your track "Vyktor Kyam" & plugged your upcoming Invention Arts, Bath gig on Bristol Uncovered this Saturday morning on BBC Radio Bristol. You can still hear it anytime this week using the on line "Listen Again" feature on the BBC i-Player, there’s a link to it from our profile.
Happy Dynamic Living!
Richard Pitt & Gary Smith Bristol Uncovered on BBC Radio Bristol
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Hi NSN - just to let you know, we are really excited and pleased to say there are new tracks on our player, which are from our debut LP 'Seeds' which is out in April 08 :) Hope all is well with you.
