The Nurse Novels are playing our last show.
Here is what I told the press, who ignored it.I'll pass it along to you.
In 2010, Chicago needed one more band. And The Nurse Novels (former members of Let’s Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop with Nicole from Unicycle Loves You on bass) rose to the challenge.
But the challenge proved difficult.
Without a flashy, obnoxious name, few took notice of Chicago’s latest band. The six that did declared it a graduation from the Sandwich Shop. The Nurse Novels wrote stronger songs, had matured as musicians, and crafted better arrangements, without having to rely on improv bits or sketchy gags.
So now they were just another band.
And they didn’t have the energy to pitch their songs to ad agencies, sift through hourly Reverbnation spam, or figure out what item to sell at the merch table other than their album to get people to buy their album.
Last week, The Nurse Novels saw a classified ad in Illinois Entertainer. A new reggae band was forming. They call themselves Peace Spliff. They sell one-hitters and jam.
So in 2011, The Nurse Novels are dissolving to make room for Chicago’s newest band.
Services for The Nurse Novels will be held Wednesday, March 9 at The Abbey Pub.
There will be no merchandise.
The Nurse Novels
opening for
Tahiti 80 (from France!)
Chateau Marmont (also from France!)
and
Gemini Club (not from France!!)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
The Abbey Pub
3420 W Grace, Chicago
8pm
$15 (take that, Fugazi!)
We are going out quietly, like how we came in.
Maybe I will see some of you there.
Look for our records to come out at some point.
Verdict: Loss
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