'Nostalgia' is taken from the album 'Dance the Dance Electric' by Shocking Pinks.
Remastered reissue on Vinyl, Cassette, CD and Digital, released Worldwide Oct 5th, 2015. EDILS RECORDS will be releasing the record on vinyl in the UK.
SHOCKING PINKS World tour from Sept 8th, 2015 and will include dates in China, UK, Europe, United States, Australia, New Zealand!
credits
released July 14, 2015
*PRE -ORDER will be up in August*
Originally released July 2004 through Pinacolada Records
Nick Harte - drums, guitar, synth, percussion, vocals
Jonno Smith - bass
Danny Bare - guitars
Tim McDonald - percussion
Heather Mansfield - vocals
*PRESS QUOTES OF PREVIOUS RECORDS*
“An artist who knows as much about loneliness as he does noisy pop classics… His heartache, our pleasure” — Pitchfork (8.3)
“This band is exactly as good as you’d imagine a band with releases on Flying Nun and DFA would be… New Zealand wins again…” — VICE
“Virtually all of his songs are gems in their own way” — Stereogum
“Bittersweet, deliriously urgent indie-drone pop anthems” — NME
“This refreshing, smarter side of the late ’80s has yet to be co-opted into a hipster fashion show” — SPIN
“Bittersweet or downright self-destructive” — Pop Matters
“Lovesick and often melodramatic pop and fucking wild dance/disco-punk” — Rose Quartz
“There’s no denying the magnetism of his best work” — Prefix Magazine
“Harte’s little fingerprint-smudged slivers, so lovingly composed, are precious things, and you’ll fast find yourself addicted to his sweet, glum love stories” — BBC
“Inheritors of the national pretty-noise gene” — Rolling Stone
“Raw, energetic, emotional” — Clash Music
“Drenching guitar sounds” — NPR All Songs Considered
“It rips” — XLR8R
“Shocking Pinks’ brittle, noisy production also harks back to the golden age of college rock in the late ’80s and early ’90s; in the best possible way” — All Music Guide
“Flick-knife aggression… lovelorn ruminating… unexpected depth” — Drowned In Sound
“Shocking Pinks sounds like the most idyllic rainy day ever… It’s perfect for anyone who couldn’t wait for summer to end” — IMPOSE
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