NÜ SENSAE
RELEASES
NÜ SENSAE
LP
NOMI013
Nü Sensae's reputation for auditory violence is well-earned. Now muscle and melody have been added to the shrieking terror for an album that surpasses all expectations. 12 songs for wiping your mind off of the wall.
Debut full length LP following appearance on the E/R compilation LP, one-sided 12" on Isolated Now Waves, and 7" on Critiscum Internationale.
Initial pressing of 750 with 23"x31" poster printed at Hemlock Printers.
Includes insert and download coupon.
P.S. - Apologies if the download coupon gives you the working song titles. The track listing on the album is correct.
REVIEWS
http://still-single.tumblr.com/post/682105801/nu-sensae-tv-death-and-the-devil-lp-nominal
STILL SINGLE June 9, 2010
Nu Sensae – TV, Death, and the Devil LP (Nominal)
Vancouver, punk Mecca, strikes again with the debut album from Nu Sensae, a bass/drums duo that balances the theatricality and raw, impulsive bent of Lydia Lunch and Jim Foetus with the lumbering, grungy bellow of Babes in Toyland and L7. After a jarring, feverish one-sided 12” and a more polished, more aggressive single, the first full-length rips into it hard, the recording allowing Andrea Lukic’s voice to take on further nuance, while her bass playing is more menacing than before. A big ol’ statement, with lyric sheet and a six-panel poster of the band, which looks really cool. Aside from curating releases from Thee Best Scene in North America, Nominal has gotten in the habit of making a very striking-looking album, and the oversaturated B&W artwork and overall vibe of this sesh matches the heat of the album within. Most highly recommended.
-Doug Mosurock
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http://maximumrocknroll.com/2010/07/07/top-tens-327/
MAXIMUMROCKNROLL #327 (August 2010) TOP TENS
Mariam Bastani
SON SKULL – LP / GLAM – EP
SUDOR/CRIMEN DE ESTADO – split LP
SLANG/MIND ERASER – split EP
VIPER – Committing the Seven Deadly Sins – EP
NÜ SENSAE – TV, Death and the Devil – LP
PARASITE – EP / TALK IS POISON – EP
WHITEBOSS – LP
WALLS – Stare at the Walls – EP
NERVESKADE – Insanity/Forced to Live – 45
PERDITION – Room 101 – EP
Layla Gibbon
NÜ SENSAE – TV, Death and the Devil – LP
FUCKIN’ FLYIN’ A-HEADS – Swiss Cheese Back – 45
GLAM – Duelo De Titanes – EP
WETDOG – Frauhaus – LP
NEON BLUD – Whipps – EP
SUDOR/CRIMEN DE ESTADO – split LP
SON SKULL – Birth Scene/Rewind – LP
ELECTRIC DEADS – All
GUN OUTFIT – LP / WHITEBOSS – LP
LA LA VASQUEZ – EP / MAYDAY! – Illegal Alien – EP
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MAXIMUMROCKNROLL #327 (August 2010)
NÜ SENSAE - TV, Death and the Devil LP
I've never been to Vancouver, but on my first visit I will be wearing shades and a pointy witches hat, and I will seek this band out for a sneaky séance. To these ears, NÜ SENSAE is a downbeat death duo of shadow-crawl bass-lines and murderer door-knock drums. Stealth punk bangers from beyond the grey. Suspenseful and dark the whole way through, the LP is punctuated with chanty incantations that come across with kinda gothic power gloomth, then switching up to some NO TREND-esque moments when the raging screech of vocalist Andrea takes a throatier turn, and there's even some sax in there, too. The drums are classically punk in style and delivery and that keeps the whole thing from getting overly arty or ponderous. This record is creepy as all hell. I love it! Pretty minimal in terms of production, so the whole thing has a very hollow, barely-there feel to it which is most pleasing. Highly listenable. Less is phwoar. Play this loud and in the dark, please.
Bryony Beynon
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http://www.beatroute.ca/view_article.php?sectionID=4&articleID=3261
BEATROUTE July 2010
NU SENSAE
TV, Death and The Devil - Nominal Records
By Paul Lawton
Nü Sensae’s TV, Death and the Devil is a heavy, challenging record that is difficult to review because it just makes me so god-damned miserable whenever I hear it, and this should be taken as a high compliment. It has been a long time that a record has been able to instantly evoke such a desperately rotten mood. This gloom-attack is almost all pathos, and pathos doesn’t exactly lend itself to objective reviewing. In fact, I’m not sure how anyone could review this record and keep themselves out of the picture, as the very thing to which Nü Sensae evoke is self-reflection and a sense of uneasy melancholy. Nü Sensae has been steadily refining their trademark blunt-force trauma-rock that they used to great effect on their one-sided 12” and the Three Dreams 7”. In their debut LP, they have added restraint, nuance and creep to their already packed arsenal. The effect is unnerving: when Andrea Lukiæ goes into low-decibel growls, creepy voodoo-like chants and secret messages, it all builds into a more complete picture of how effectively menacing Nü Sensae can be. The dank, basement, recording certainly adds a layer of gloom to TV, Death and The Devil's end-times swan-song, and I still have a hard time believing that Nü Sensae are a two-piece because songs in this collection sound huge, apocalyptic and extremely cohesive. It should leave no doubt after this flawless full-length as to why Nü Sensae are often held out as one of Vancouver’s most challenging and exciting bands.
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http://exclaim.ca/musicreviews/generalreview.aspx?csid1=143&csid2=851&fid1=47688
EXCLAIM May 2010
Nü Sensae
TV, Death and the Devil
By Josiah Hughes
Vancouver, BC's Nü Sensae have been turning heads with their venomous, murky, bass and drum punk attack since they first appeared on the now-legendary Emergency Room Volume 1. Their subsequent releases (a one-sided twelve-inch and the Three Dreams seven-inch) were apt representations of the duo's ferocious live set. It's on their debut album, TV, Death and the Devil, that they shine in the studio, however. Andrea Lukic's haunting shrieks and sludgy, monstrous bass riffs remain intact, as does Daniel Pitout's octopus-armed drumming, but brief glimpses of melody ("Total Drift") and shifting tempos ("Passing the Word") give them the diversity required to craft a cohesive album of downer punk anthems. On tracks like "Strange Games," the combination of sneering fuzz, melody and all-out chaos is represented perfectly, making this an ideal album for noise nerds and hardcore kids alike. It's a good thing TV, Death and the Devil comes with a massive poster, because Nü Sensae are on their way to becoming your favourite new band.
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http://weirdcanada.com/2010/08/music-nu-sensae-tv-death-and-the-devil/
WEIRD CANADA August 3, 2010
Nü Sensae
TV, Death and the Devil
(Nominal Records)
Vancouver, BC
Bursting through the basement murk of their last string of releases, Vancouver’s blistering two-piece have finally captured their bludgeoning low-end jabs with brilliant fidelity. Let the blaring rapid-snap ferocity course through your body as Andrea’s shrieks peel wigs and burn minds; it’s ritual time in the realm of dualic fringe and we’re all invited to the party. Check your mind at the door, lay your ears at their alter and praise the new queen of shred.
Aaron Levin
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http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/music/cd-reviews/nu-sensae-tv-death-and-the-devil-5929/
FFWD July 1, 2010*
With its debut full-length offering, Vancouver two-piece Nü Sensae makes a convincing case that grunge and riot grrrl deserve a re-evaluation. Cramming 12 songs into a feverish 29 minutes, Daniel Pitout’s tumbling drums propel the blown-out bass guitar and gravelly growls of singer Andrea Lukic for a blast back to the angriest and best parts of the 1990s.
Throughout TV, Death and the Devil, the self-described “voodoo punks” maintain a breakneck pace, broken up only ever so slightly with the loud-quiet-loud trade-offs of “(Boots)” and slower-paced stage-stalker “Zimple” ["Night Talker"]. The band’s bracket abuse continues with the crust-punk banger “(Terribolt)” ["Strange Games"], the descending riff storm of “Worm(s)” and the possibly Beavis and Butt-Head-referencing rocker “(Hardholio)” ["Total Drift"]. Amidst all this mischief, “Cat’s Cradle” stands out as the pick of the litter, with its clanging hi-hats and near-anthemic tune sure to incite a teenage riot.
Jesse Locke
*Note usage of the working titles. Correct titles provided in square brackets.