Here’s reason enough to give NRIII a spin: the “experimental blackened psych-noise” duo, whose name originally stood for Nihilist Richard the III, was started with an abstract ambition to “book country clubs, five-star restaurants, and other like-minded venues for shows and charge $100 at the door for tickets. Only to then ridicule and mock the audience through by presenting an exaggerated version of themselves.” This, I learned by reading an extremely informative 2012 interview with NRIII and NEON DOOM founder Ryan Reno.
Another reason to listen to NRIII: their song “Stand” sounds exactly like the pay-off of the imagined scenario described above, that moment when the country clubbers realize they’ve been had, their panic, our catharsis.
Streaming below, “Stand” appears on The Algae, NRIII’s first LP (but their seventh release if you count CDrs and cassettes), which is out now on PRISON TATT RECORDS in a limited run of 100 copies. Enjoy or endure … whichever suits you.
• NRIII: https://www.facebook.com/pages/NRIII/128077417229560
• PRISON TATT RECORDS: http://prisontatt.com/
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