Found quirky items while cleaning up? Flaunt them! Take an example of British garage pop trio Nervous Twitch, who proudly share Odd Socks with the world. We’re talking about a compilation album with 16 lost songs, a selection of original unreleased home recordings, B-sides, demos and contributions to various artists’ collections, plus a live Flatmates cover (I Could Be in Heaven) to round it all out. It concerns work from the past ten years, with two songs from 2014 (including a nice acoustic demo for Not That Smart), but with a focus on the period around 2020. Surprisingly it’s quite cohesive in sound (and fresher than you might expect from the cover art), but more importantly: there are more than a few hits here. Everything Erin Hyde (vocals, bass, keys, drums), Jamie Churchley (guitars, keys, backing vocals) and Ashley Goodall (drums) do it ramshackle, honest and charming, exactly what we like.
Odd Socks is out now digitally and on CD (self-released).
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