Nap Eyes

PoB + TiM = Trouble in Paradise.

Trouble in Mind and PoB, in cooperation with the venerable Chicago venue the Empty Bottle, are proud to present Trouble in Paradise, a three-day festival (Sept. 13-15) showcasing a simpatico sampling of both record labels’ critically acclaimed and wide-ranging international rosters. The lineup, which features an array of artists including The Weather Station, Gun Outfit, Nap Eyes, Itasca, James Elkington, JX Fussell & Nathan Bowles, among many others, explores the shared terrain between the respective realms of one label named for a classic blues song and another named for a Melville story.

Happy Release Day to Nap Eyes.

Nap Eyes’ new album I’m Bad Now is out today! The Ides of March are nearly upon us; grip a copy before it’s too late. “I went out walking with my headphones on/Classical Indian raga twenty minutes long/Then I listened to old American folk song/A little bit shorter, still a lot going on.”

Stream Nap Eyes’ I’m Bad Now via NPR Music’s First Listen.

Nap Eyes are streaming their new album via NPR Music and CBC Music ahead of its March 9th release. NPR praises the band as “masters of subtlety,” evocatively describing the most transparent and personal Nap Eyes’ album to date: “I’m Bad Now slithers through 11 tracks like a phosphorescent python, its diamond-shaped scales emitting both glimmer and gloom.”

Watch the Video for the New Nap Eyes Single “I’m Bad.”

Nap Eyes have unveiled the next single from their forthcoming album, I’m Bad Now. Accompanying “I’m Bad” is a video directed by Halifax-based filmmaker Seth Smith and inspired by Renaissance portraiture, which The FADER premiered today. Also, Uncut declares the album a masterpiece on par with the Go-Betweens, Belle & Sebastian, and Television.

Nap Eyes Share “Dull Me Line” via Noisey.

Nap Eyes will release their third album, I’m Bad Now, on March 9th. After premiering the first single “Every Time the Feeling” with NPR Music, today the band shares the propulsive second single “Dull Me Line,” which Noisey describes as “marked by shimmering guitar chords and arguably the most instantly palatable chorus the band’s ever come up with.” Read Nigel’s reflections on songwriting in the accompanying interview.

I’m Bad Now: New Year, New Nap Eyes.

The acclaimed Canadians’ ambitious, allusive third album achieves a new sonic clarity, depth, and range to match the effortless melodies and extraordinary writing. It’s the band’s most transparent and personal set of songs to date, in which singer Nigel Chapman interrogates social, psychological, and spiritual milieus for clues about the elusive nature of knowledge. Pre-order I’m Bad Now (including a pink vinyl edition), watch the “Every Time the Feeling” lyric video via NPR Music, and catch them on tour.

Nap Eyes: I’m Bad Now (PoB-033)

The acclaimed Canadians return with an ambitious, allusive third album that achieves a new sonic clarity, depth, and range to match the effortless melodies and extraordinary writing. It’s the band’s most transparent and personal set of songs to date, in which singer Nigel Chapman interrogates social, psychological, and spiritual milieus for clues about the elusive nature of knowledge.

Spotify Playlists from the PoB Family.

Attention friends! We have three excellent new entries into the pantheon of Paradise of Bachelors Spotify playlists: “Spring Shadows: Sounds and scenes for unpacking in the rain” by Nathan Bowles, “Nigel on the letter B”, by Nigel Chapman of Nap Eyes, and “Summer’s Hear: Songs & Tunes of Heat & Delight,” by none other than Jake Xerxes Fussell. Follow us on Spotify so you can stay updated on new PoB singles, artist playlists, and more.

Nap Eyes Share “Roll It” Video Ahead of Tour with Car Seat Headrest.

The Nap Eyes puppets are back! Take another trip through the microscope to the absurd inverted world of mad scientist Nigel and gang in the new video for “Roll It,” off Thought Rock Fish Scale, a sequel to the “Click Clack” video. The band is about to hit the road with Car Seat Headrest—check out the full US/CA tour dates herein.

Nap Eyes Premiere “Your Samples, Our Obsession” for Our First 100 Days.

Our friends (and distributors) at the Secretly Group are assembling a durational 100-track compilation to benefit a variety of worthy organizations involved in the resistance against the current oppressive political regime in the U.S. Today, for Day 70, Nap Eyes has premiered “Your Samples, Our Obsession,” a recently rerecorded version of a favorite song from their infancy as a band. Check out Nigel singing in French!