nite nite

Indie / New Wave / Pop

nashville, tn

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From The Nashville Scene (2/7/07):

What do you do if you're 22, preternaturally stylish and you quit your job to intern at Matt Friction's Mean Buzz Records? Why, start a band, of course. Enter nite nite, the latest byproduct and underground darling-hearts of Nashville's indie scene. MTSU recording industry grads and it-gals Davis Collandrea and Sarah-Brooks Levine have been playing together since age 18, merging Collandrea's singing and songwriting abilities with Levine's 12 years of classical piano. Adding drummer Dillon Napier* (formerly of Scatter the Ashes) and bass player Ryan Tullock*, nite nite have only played two shows together, but their visiblity at local rock shows has already earned them a following much too big for their opening-for-the-opener billing. A killer wardrobe and Nico-like sex appeal are great, but the hottest thing about nite nite is their new-wave-meets-Warhol's-Factory sound. With ethereal vocals floating over pulsing beats, nite nite manage to be both hard and soft at the same time, and you find yourself thinking about their songs, not reciting them in your head, long after the last drumbeat fades away. Whatever blips and glitches the band have- and there are a few- can be forgiven in light of their nascent status (their first EP isn't even out yet) and their willingness to get up there and give it their best.
-Claire Suddath
*dillon napier and ryan tullock are no longer involved with nite nite

From The Nashville Rage (12/20/07):

A shakeup in the rhythm section may have been part of the reason why it took Nashville post-punk act nite nite - consisting of singer/guitarist and keyboardist Sarah-Brooks Levine - more than a year to release this debut EP. The now-duo has yet to establish a permanent full lineup, but the material here certainly shows they deserve one. Some of these melancholy numbers feel heavily inspired by Joy Division (a few choppy riffs could be layered straight into "She's Lost Control"), but, unlike score of indie acts lazing about in post-punk murk, the arrangements here are restless and inventive. It also helps that Collandrea's halcyon voice is a far and soothing cry from such bands' cold bleating - and pretty unusual, too. -Dave Paulson

"Collandrea's melancholy croon is clear as a bell and playfully yelpy, occasionally recalling a moodier Harriet Wheeler, and they've channeled their jangly post-punk influences into a batch of atmospheric, loungy beats and wintry keyboard plinks." -Tracy Moore (The Nashville Scene 12/20/07)

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