Nook

by The Notwist

Nook cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Big Store
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 41:01
  • Community rating: 2.93/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Martin Messerschmid, Olu Fummi Layo-Ajayi, Markus Acher, Micha Acher

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Before their acclaimed transition into moody, glitchy indietronica, the German trio operated primarily as an aggressive, guitar-driven punk outfit. 'Nook' captures the band exploring heavy, metallic post-hardcore riffs layered over frantic tempos and Markus Acher's distinctly melodic vocal deliveries. The album showcases their early mastery of dynamics, laying subtle rhythmic groundwork for their future sonic evolutions.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, jangly, unpolished, minimal, emotive

Tracklist

  1. Belle de l'Ombre / Walk On (4:15)
  2. Unsaid, Undone (2:50)
  3. Welcome Back (2:47)
  4. Nook (3:33)
  5. No Love (5:05)
  6. The Incredible Change of Our Alien (5:24)
  7. This Sorry Confession (2:45)
  8. Another Year Without Me (3:30)
  9. One Dark Love Poem (2:50)
  10. The Only Thing We Own (1:51)
  11. I'm a Whale (6:06)

Credits

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