Nervus

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Nervus
Origin Watford, England
Genres
Years active2014 (2014)–present
Labels
MembersEm Foster
Paul Etienne
Jack Kenny
Lucinda Livingstone
Past membersKarl Woods

Nervus are an English anarcho-punk band from Watford. 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).

Contents

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 Gallows, in 2016. [1]

In early 2018, the band announced they would be releasing their second album Everything Dies on Big Scary Monsters on 9 March 2018. [2] [3] 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. [4]

On 24 June 2022 the band released their fourth album The Evil One on US label Get Better Records. [5]

Discography

Albums

Singles and EPs

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References

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