![]() ![]() ![]() Both drew some notice, even if the latter was inexplicably limited to 500 copies and sold out quickly. ![]() Over the next five years, they only managed two compilation tracks (1984’s Something to Believe In, on L.A.’s BYO, and 1984’s Montreal punk scene sampler, Primitive Air Raid), then two vinyl EPs, 1985’s Sell Out Young and 1986’s prior-recorded Paisley. I ended up playing those five songs (see tracks 24-28 on their indispensable 1996 retrospective, Green Fields in Daylight) 100 times, raved about it that issue, and commenced a regular letters and phone correspondence with the band. I hadn’t gotten 50 seconds into “Scratches and Needles” before I was pinned against my armchair in shock and excited awe, floored by their Who/Sex Pistols/Avengers roar, melodic might, and especially 16-year-old Alex Soria’s soaring mushmouth vocals. It looked slipshod, but their logo reminded me of west coast punk greats The Dils, so I shrugged and put it on out of due diligence. They mailed it from Montreal in 1982 to my Manhattan bedroom/office for potential review in issue 12 of The Big Takeover. ![]() When I first encountered The Nils, it came in the form of a nondescript, amateurish, primitive-looking, 300-copies Now cassette EP. Remembering One of Canada’s Greatest Bands, Montreal’s Nils, and Their One Proper LP (and R.I.P. ![]()
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