Harkening back to the days when labels like 4AD had an identity, Nashville’s nite nite is a neo dream pop band with garage-infused sonic intensity and a touch of tasteful theatrics. Think of nite nite as a punk-informed version of an Edward Gorey illustration, an early Blondie on acid, or a macabre pop group that takes inventive cues from Sioxsie Souix, This Mortal Coil, and Public Image Ltd.
Enter songwriting maestro Davis and classically-trained Sarah-Brooks Levine, both alums of MTSU and armed with icy chops, preternatural style sensibilities, and a love for The Cure and Siouxsie Sioux. Bassist Matthew Gibson Brown rounds out this triumphant trio informed by Warhol’s Factory sound, new wave, and complex pop rhythms that have piqued the interest of Nationwide retailer, Hot Topic. Their dynamic, synth-heavy melodies, intricate song structures, danceable rhythm, ethereal vocals, and crooning, tongue-firmly-in-cheek glam rock flavor have not only added a fresh and delightfully morbid dimension to The Music City’s scene, but have also earned the gals and guy a spot on Hot Topic’s shelves as well as on their Nationwide Play Network.
Their cavernous dance parties have spooked (in the best of senses) writers at Nashville Scene, Deli Magazine, and many more. nite nite’s debut album, “How to Touch the Moon,” has earned more than impressive reviews from usatoday.com, The Tennessean, Bootleg Magazine, and Music blogs across the country. Now the group is aiming to spread the grisly gospel elsewhere on various nationwide jaunts in support of their debut album, “How to Touch the Moon.” Every nite nite show transplants the audience into La Hacienda and Batcave, while also adding a bit of Nashville flair to keep things distinct. The album is great, but it is the stage where nite nite’s natural habitat lies, as proved by their opening slots for Mates of State, The Faint, and The Pink Spiders.
