struck a nerve @ batu pahat 20th March 2010!

Always Last's antidotes review in MRR

"if Fat Wreck Chords ever opens up a Malaysian office, then Always Last ought to be the first signing. They have managed to distill that signature "Fat Sound" (i.e Bad Religion filtered through the lens of NOFX, ending up like a cross between No Use For A Name, Good Riddance, and Propagandhi), sing in perfect english, and faithfully reproduce the variety melodic pop-punk styles that early randy did so well. Always Last, of course, might scoff at the likes of Fat. The lyrics and liner notes are staunchly independent/diy-'til-death, and the record is co-released by three different Malaysian labels (i just picked one here to list arbitrarily). Personally, methinks it's pretty excellent all around (a little off-key singing notwithstanding), though its always trifle odd to think of the, ahem, reach of cultural imperialism that such western sounds (and ideas) can be reproduced wholesale. but there you go, that's internationalism for you!!" (Ramsey Kanaan)

Bulat Always Last weds!

Top: Gone, Inshah, Nizang, Bulat, Ira, Nita, Norly, Akmal, Buyeng
Middle: Man, Nama, Salman, Tobek,
Front: Reff, Ajai, Shah, Min, Iman


who's next?

Always Last on tour with Overdose

Always Last will be on tour all February with China's OVERDOSE. This is one of the flyers. Check AL's blog for more flyers and news updates. http://wearealwayslast.blogspot.com/

Nudist Island pix (from their collection)

at Putrajaya before going to the airport


Upin dan Ipin fans (at alamanda)



after the gig, at KLCC

Nervhous on Flickr!

So, these days Fara Haslin Khalid was always around, snapping photos of our smiley faces. And instead of uploading some of the pics here and there, she decided to have a flickr account just for us, thanks a lot!!!

Nervhous on Flickr

ner30: Stick No Bill 'Nobody' CDR

Artist(s) Name : Stick No Bill
Release title: Nobody
Country: Malaysia
Format: CD-R
Price: RM6/RM7 by mail (RM9 for Pos Ekspres)
Release Date in Malaysia: 16 Jan 2010
Length: coming soon
Qty Press: 300
Status: Out of stock

Current Qty: 0

Front cover artwork by: Ajai, Amert

Tracks

1. Intro
2. Nobody
3. Perjalanan
4. Pengemis Tua
5. Hanya Di Radio (headwind)

Notes: Limited to 300 copies, hand-numbered!

NER29.5: Whippersnipper 'Demo 2009' CDR

Artist(s) Name : Whippersnapper (previously known as Rebel For X)
Release title: Demo 2009
Country: Malaysia
Format: CD-R
Price: RM3/RM4 by mail (RM6 for Pos Ekspres)
Release Date: December 2009
Qty Press: N/A
Status: sold out :(

Current Qty: 0

Front cover artwork by: N/A

Tracks

1. Wonderlust
2. C++
3. Whipping Boy

struck a nerve tour second stop: Temerloh!

see you there!!

Eye-hurting bright colors (the analysis of color in Nervhous)

The other day at the Paka gig, my friend Kudin of Rebel For X asked, “is yellow Nervhous Records’ theme color?”

Shah also said the calendar design reminded him of the Bollok Wok comp. because of the same color, yellow.

It made me realized about all the color themes for Nervhous releases/projects. I admit my favorite colors are Red, Orange and Yellow, as the title suggests. Okay, let’s take a look.

Yellow:

Bollok Wok Vol. 3: I tried using either orange or yellow, and finalized with yellow.

Struck A Nerve Tour campaign: I just wanted to add color, I think I accidentally again, chosen yellow for the campaign.

Senandung Pawer-Kord: We worked as a team to design this one. I think I suggested yellow (again!), and the others agreed.

Always Last ‘Antidotes’: Also yellowish color for the cover, but I wasn’t involve at all in the design part.

Toxictoy ‘Amazingly Realistic Puke!’: Again, it’s yellow colored, but I’m not involved at all in the design part, it was Eman.

Skunkfix ‘The First Two Demos’: It’s bright yellow again. If I’m not mistaken, Emy (the frontman) did the front cover design. I only did the band font design for that release.

Red:

The Twosome Takeover: Red, Black, White. I like these colors combination when I was in high school. Black and Red was always a good color combination in my eyes, since I got Metallica’s black album.

Time Is Monkey: Red. No, I’m not involved in the designing at all.

Punkrock Paradox: The color was red-ish brown. But it was designed by Rizie.

Dum Dum Tak ‘Hentikan Penindasan’: The CD color was red, yeah purely for my love of red!

Last Strive ‘Kuasa Kita’: Not my work at all.

Orange:

Nervhous blog header: I love orange!

Nizang

We have BROKEN NEEDLE CDs for you!

This disc compiles 26 tracks from Los Angeles, CA's Broken Needle, with the eight tracks from their demo, 10 tracks from their Lengua Armada 12", five tracks from their Schizophrenic Records 7", two comp tracks and a previously unreleased Uniform Choice cover.

TRACK LISTING:
1. My Rules (demo) 2. Waste Away (demo) 3. Who The Fuck Are You (demo) 4. It Makes Me Sick (demo) 5. Off The Wall (demo) 6. Words Of Abuse (demo) 7. Revenge (demo) 8. Sometimes (demo) 9. My Rules 10. Waste Away 11. Who The Fuck Are You 12. Cash In 13. It Makes Me Sick		14. Sometimes 15. Off The Wall 16. Consequences 17. Words Of Abuse 18. Revenge 19. Hey You 20. Bring Out Your Dead 21. Right Thing 22. Trust Again 23. Time For Liars 24. Trash This Place 25. Has Been 26. Use Your Head (previously unreleased)

we have 2 copies left for Broken Needles japan tour CDs! RM21ppd or RM20 by hand. TQ!

Rosemary and Nudist Island (Bandung) in KL!

yeah, melodic punk rockers old timers from Bandung, Rosemary is coming down to KL with Nudist Island who organizes the tour.

We have two bands addition April Skies Morning (Philippines) and Vermilion (Singapore)!!

Our friend Gondo is organizing a jam gathering!

struck a nerve tour first stop: PAKA!

Flyer by Napi SNB

new album from Black Territory for RM20

new album from Black Territory 'This is Black Territory' available from us now for RM20 by hand, RM21 by normal mail and RM24 by Pos Ekspres.