This is Now Officially the OLD Nova Social Blog

On the off chance you are one of the people who has found/read this post, you are currently on the former home of the Nova Social Blog.

The Nova Social Blog is here. See you there.

Thanks,
Nova Social

Style Over Substance

The lyrics and basic melody for "Style Over Substance" date back to early 2002. A very rough demo was recorded in Logic maybe around six months after that.

It took us about five years to finally finish it, but when we returned to it in early 2007, Thom and I were surprised at how much we still liked it.

Nova Social Sounds Good in the Nude

Musician, DJ and bearded expat Tim "Love" Lee posted "Now You're a Nun," the first song off of the forthcoming Nova Social EP, on his blog. You can listen to the track and even participate in some sort of mildly democratic voting experience.

And speaking of the new record -- this is it!

Side 1
Now You're a Nun (4:10)
(When She Was) The Other Woman (4:25)
Held (3:18)

Side 2
Diving (Remix) (3:38)
I Want You Bland (5:16)
Turn to Crime (4:39)

It is tentatively scheduled for release on Big Sleep Records in late-September on vinyl and digital download (in which case, it's all one-sided). Entertainment!!

Nova Social on East Village Radio's "Two for Tennis" Show

I dropped by the East Village Radio station last night to hang out during Tim Love Lee & Coach MP's chaotically-minded "Two for Tennis" show. EVR is a dark little alcove on First Avenue right near the Second Avenue F stop, with a view out on to the street so the DJs can catcall passerby -- like construction workers who spin dense electro-pop records.

The lads were good enough to play "Now You're a Nun" and "I Want You Bland," both from the forthcoming Nova Social EP. Nice to be played in such musical company as Blancmange and Pizzy Yelliott.

A fine time -- enough to make you wish you were bearded.

The entire show is up for streaming on the "Two for Tennis" EVR page -- here is the direct link. Feel free to keep up with their weekly shenanigans at their Facebook page.

-David

a free-form solo piano exploration

no, seriously -

roger powell, late of (the greatest band ever and why the hell aren't their last two records still in print - i'm looking at you, rhino...) utopia has a new, self-released(ish) cd of solo piano called "blue note ridge." it's lovely, and as i pretty much abandoned the beatles for utopia somewhere in the middle of my musical development, i feel strongly about pimping it to you, the assembled masses. i'm sure david and kris would agree if they were returning my calls.

cdbaby
myspace
awesome picture of a polar bear

ok, then.

-thom
(the new record is in mastering as we speak...)

I'm The Only One That I Love

These lyrics date from around summer of 2000. I threw out the bridge about Say Anything at some point, but had to replace it with something equally ridiculous (the Tommy James/Tiffany homage).

This song can be downloaded here.

NOVA SOCIAL BELIEVES IN MAGICAL DREAMS

It's a new year and two of our favorite music videos are up online, which is cause for celebration.

We love you too.

Harvey Leeds - "State of Shock"

Grace Slick - "Dreams"

Grace Slick - New Music - More Music Videos

NOVA SOCIAL AND CURRENT EVENTS

Nova Social has been all over the press, at least tangentially.

The French actor Guillaume Depardieu, who starred in the movie Pola X and made a brief lyrical appearance in "The Jitney" from 2007's Other Words From Tomorrow's Dictionary:, passed away on Monday at the age of 37.



Nous sommes tristes.

And more recently, "One Table Over" from 2002's The Jefferson Fracture, which partially concerns a plumber whose license is revoked, is relevant once again in the wake of the surprise guest of the third presidential debate, "Joe the Plumber" (who is apparently neither a "Joe" nor a "plumber").

Download "One Table Over" here and ruminate.

WELCOME (BACK) TO NOVASOCIAL.COM

Hello? Oh hey. Just woke up. What has it been -- two-and-a-half years? How about that.

So, you probably saw the new site, right? Pretty neat, huh. Heard the new songs? Yeah, interesting stuff indeed. Funny -- about the time of our last post (January 2006) was when we started really working on all the music we'll be releasing over the next year and beyond. Umm, that's why we've been too busy to write.

We'll post more in the weeks and months to come about what we've been up to the last couple years, but for now, I'll just say this: welcome to the revamped novasocial.com. Please listen to and download the three new songs -- "Style Over Substance," "I'm The Only One That I Love" and "Heavenly" (all of which were actually written around 2002) -- and check out the thorough new discography page, which has a lot of free downloads on it as well.

Be seeing you.

IS THIS THE SINGLE?

Happy new year everyone. Yes, you too.

New for the new year from Nova Social land is the FCC-friendly single version of "The History of Entertainment," from the never-pressed and now-deleted "Ham Sandwich EP," up for streaming on the Nova Social myspace page.

The uncensored version will appear on "Other Words From Tomorrow's Dictionary."

Enjoy.