Nervus are an English anarcho-punk band from

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. The current lineup is Em Foster (guitar, vocals), Paul Etienne (keyboards), Lucinda Livingstone (bass), and Jack Kenny (drums). They have released four full-length albums; ''Permanent Rainbow'' (2016), ''Everything Dies'' (2018), ''Tough Crowd'' (2019), and ''The Evil One'' (2022).

History

Nervus began as a bedroom songwriting project for singer and guitarist Em Foster in 2014, before expanding to a full band with the addition of Paul Etienne on keyboards, Jack Kenny on drums and Karl Woods on bass. They released their first album, ''Permanent Rainbow'', on Venn Records, a label run by members of the band

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, in 2016. In early 2018, the band announced they would be releasing their second album ''Everything Dies'' on

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on 9 March 2018. In mid 2018, Karl Woods left the band and Lucinda Livingstone, also of the Brighton band Cultdreams, joined as bassist. On 27 September 2019, Nervus released their third album ''Tough Crowd'', again on Big Scary Monsters. On 24 June 2022 the band released their fourth album ''The Evil One'' on US label

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Discography

Albums

*''Permanent Rainbow'' - Venn Records, 12" LP, CD, MP3 (2016) *''Everything Dies'' -

, 12" LP, CD, MP3 (2018) *''Tough Crowd'' -

, 12" LP, CD, MP3 (2019) *''The Evil One'' -

, 12" LP, MP3 (2022)

Singles and EPs

*"We Want Your Blood" / "Grave Digging" - Self release, CD & Zine, MP3 (2020) *"What If The Problem Was You?" - Self release, CD & Zine, MP3 (2020)

References

{{Reflist Underground punk scene in the United Kingdom Musical groups established in 2014 English punk rock groups 2014 establishments in England