In the most recent period of not posting on PopLib this gem from Jim Nothing was missed. Apologies. It’s another splendid single released ahead of a new album and it’s called “Easter At The RSC”:

“Easter At The RSC” lodges in my senses with a heavy vibration from Christchurch in 1986. That vibration may be from the spellbinding debut EP from the then Jean-Paul Sartre Experience, and specifically a song called “Firetime”. However, this jangling fuzzed up Jim Nothing song swirls in a timeless vortex that includes the guitar tones of The Clean maybe.

“Easter At The RSC” is a song about selling a car. The previous Jim Nothing song “Raleigh Arena” was about the joy of cycling on his clapped out rat-bike, so maybe selling the car is the next logical step in this back to basics progression.

There’s now a third Jim Nothing single up on his Bandcamp (added in April) called “Hourglass” which is about time slipping away and not coming back. Fair to say the next Jim Nothing album is on my “most-anticipated new albums of 2024” list.