If you’re looking for a good time, NANCY is your salvation. These New York punk prophets have that uncanny ability to craft songs like desert-born incantations: packed with scorching hot riffs so catchy that they’ll possess you to do unspeakable things (or at least dance a lot). Their newest release (like the prior) is soaked in sticky-sweet vocals, galloping stints of foot-stomping beats, and those irresistible, glistening punk rawk hooks. Now I know what you’re thinking: “hooks” means “trite”. WRONG – check out those loopy, gnarly key changes in the middle of the title track. And that’s really the best thing about this no-bullshit crew: the tunes are familiar enough to get you raucous and weird enough to keep you interested. “(Why Am I) Crying?” has all that in spades. Twistable grooves? Check. Ear-searing guitar tone? Of course. Croon factor? A resounding 10. Stream this audible rager below, snag a hard copy from Eat The Life Records, and get your revvup.
Various – Mass Eye And Ear compilation (2025, Spooky Tree Records)
Only on LP, not streaming. With members of Mission of Burma, Neptune, Dangerous Birds, and Heathen Shame in the mix, this compilation…
