Nervous Birds Too. Night Court

Night Court already came by once in the weekly singles section, so it should not be a surprise to turn up here. The Vancouver, Canada band continues the level of their punk and garage rocking single 'Titanic' at the same nice level. More than enough to deserve a spot on this blog.

A few friends, an old Tascam recording device, some stolen recording software, a love for music from the past and a clear desire to reproduce it in 2022. This sums up Nervous Bird Too up in one sentence. The only thing I need to add, is that the mission of Night Court has fully succeeded. Don't expect perfection in sound, expect it in the enthusiasm, in the playing and above and most important of all the quality of the punky, garagy rock songs.

Night Court's Jiffey and Dave started working together during the lockdown of 2020 by bouncing song ideas to each other. With the addition of Emilor on drums things truly fell into place. Guitar, bass, drums is the basis of the whole album. Some guitar overdubs were added and some harmonies to the vocals. Less is more obviously worked here. There were no conditions set to the level of energy going into the music though. This is present all of the time.

What was a condition, obviously, was that a song did not need to take longer than strictly necessary. It stops when everything has been said and done and this can be well under two minutes. In fact, a song over 1.30 is an exception on Nervous Birds Too. Let alone more than two minutes, you'll find one only, in fact.

It may sound strange but somehow most songs do not come over that short. Something I can only explain because everything is present. Verse-chorus-solo, check. And then it can be fully over. "No need to panic", as Night Court sings in its great single 'Titanic', my introduction to the band, you will be fulfilled, if you like this kind of music. What is surprising is that a female voice joins the whole moving further into the album, widening the sound no little. One more point scored in an already good score.

Wout de Natris

You can listen to and order Nervous Birds Too here:

https://nightcourtpunk.bandcamp.com/album/nervous-birds-too