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Night Court II

Posted by Loren on April 5, 2022

Night Court II
photo by Loren Green

Debt Offensive Records and Snappy Little Numbers have teamed up to bring us a new album by Night Court, Nervous Birds Too, due for release on May 6.

The Vancouver, BC based trio plays power pop, punkified indie rock...or something that combines those words into joyful melodies with peppy rhythms. SPB had the honor of sharing one of their videos last year, and now we get its follow-up.

The lead single from Nervous Birds Too is "Titanic."

“The original idea was for the song to be about the titanic without any explicit reference to the name ‘titanic’ – a real one minute, 15 second mystery – but then we somehow ended up just naming the song “titanic” and thought that was stupid and funny so we went with it." Dave Paterson, of the band says.

Night Court II
photo by Loren Green

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