A BIOGRAPHY ON THE
NERVOUS WRECKORDS
After 3 albums, 4 EP's, and 5 years of extensive international touring as a co-singer/guitarist/songwriter of Louis XIV, Brian Karscig met Anthony Saffery (producer and member of UK band Cornershop) in 2008 when having a drink in a hotel bar before a gig in Cambridge, MA.
Karscig explains 'I've always been a fan of Cornershop. I loved their ‘Brimful of Asha’ song and video, and have seen Anthony playing sitar with Noel Gallagher on a Beatles tribute performance on the BBC. We started chatting and hit it off that evening. We kept in touch via email and phone, and would regularly send each other mixes from bands we were respectively producing, and really appreciated what the other was bringing to the sound of the songs. Soon after, I sent him some songs I had recorded while writing for a new LOUIS XIV album, and he loved them! We started working on some tracks together by sending hard drives of files across the country. I love the club/eastern/beat element Anthony does creatively and really wanted to incorporate that into the new music.’ The result: The Nervous Wreckords were born in June 2009.
Karscig and Saffery finished five songs together in Cambridge, MA at the famous Camp St. Studios (Radiohead, Pixies, Lemonheads, etc.) and released THE NAILBIGHTER EP, a collection of songs that infuse dance/club beats with rocking 70’s glam guitar riffs, in December 2009. The EP features Karscig on vocals, guitars, and pianos, Saffery on break beats and synths, as well as friends gathered from years of touring (Mark Maigaard /Louis XIV, Ray Suen/The Killers, Mark Stoermer/The Killers, and Steve Smith/Dirty Vegas). In support of the EP, The Nervous Wreckords toured with The Killers and played shows at CMJ 2009 in NYC and SXSW 2010.
After selling over 1,000 copies of THE NAILBITER EP plus licensing numerous songs to TV and brands, The Nervous Wreckords are now looking forward to 2010 and the release of their full-length debut, VALUMINIUM. The album features more of Karscig’s friends, as well as more of the lyrically clever songs, beats, and catchy guitar riffs that Nervous Wreckords fans have grown to love.
'I want to make records that I want to listen to everyday, have fun and invite my friends to contribute to the songs. The album and the EP are a dying art, and I plan to do my part to keep making them in a way that a collection of songs identify us as artists rather than just a “single”. I want to keep making music that challenges me to grow, and go new places artistically, but that is also still fun, relatable, and that everyone can dance to.***.’ b. karscig.
THE NERVOUS WRECKORDS are:
Brian Karscig – Guitar/Vocals/PianosL. Matheson-guitar
A. Ridley-drums
S. Cornell-bass
M. Gorney-keys/synths
The Nervous Wreckords
Doing it to Do it official video
The Nervous Wreckords
Burn it Up official video
