Nude Beach – Some Kinda Love by Other Music Recording Co
Nude Beach – Walkin’ Down My Street by Other Music Recording Co
Growing up in the bucolic waterfront village of Northport, NY, Chuck Betz, Ryan Naideau and Jimmy Shelton played punk rock together since high school, in a succession of bands more than happy to set up at any house party, BBQ or makeshift venue that would have them. The familiar strain of classic rock is the go-to sound on the North Shore of Long Island, but they lived in an alternate universe where Ryan convinced his parents to let him turn the family basement into an occasional all-ages show space, hosting touring groups, and rounding out the bill with whatever band he and his friends were in at the time. By 2008 the boys had based themselves in Brooklyn and Nude Beach was born; the group slowly integrated themselves into the local DIY community, performing in dive bars and warehouse lofts, often several times a week, playing more than 100 shows in less than four years together. They self-released cassettes and vinyl LPs, they booked their own tours, and played in infinite side-projects and spin-off bands at every punk venue in North Brooklyn and beyond.
But while Nude Beach is very much a part of the Brooklyn DIY scene, it’s always been more in spirit than in sound; sure, they’re as beer-soaked, overdriven and raw as any group around, yet as hard as they’ve tried to ignore it, the trio could never quite shake the rock & roll of Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen which sound-tracked their Long Island youth, and battered vinyl from the Byrds, the Replacements and the Jam sits side by side in their record collections with the hardcore and indie LPs and 7″s that brought the friends together in the first place. In an increasingly fractured music scene, Chuck, Ryan and Jimmy play against fashion and deliver straight up rock & roll, and moreover, they do it better than anyone has in a long time. They’ve got the songs, they’ve got the sound, and they’ve got the f**k-all attitude that just can’t be faked. Nude Beach will rock you if you let them – turns out, it’s still more fun than just about anything else going on.
Tour Dates
06/06 Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands *
06/07 Philadelphia, PA – Cloud City
06/08 Washington, DC – Asefu’s
06/09 Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
06/14 Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool #
06/16 Brooklyn, NY – Public Assembly
06/18 Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie $
06/23 Atlantic City, NJ – Boneyard !
06/28 Brooklyn, NY – Tommy’s Tavern
06/29 Brooklyn, NY – 285 Kent
07/23 Brooklyn, NY – 285 Kent %
08/13 New York, NY – Other Music In-Store
08/16 Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool – Record Release Show w/ Swearin’, Golden Clouds
* = w/ The Babies
# = Other Music Northside Fest Showcase w/ Ex Cops, The Everymen & Surprise Guest
$ = w/ Reigning Sound
! = w/ Psychic Ills
% = w/ Milk Music
Nude Beach
II
(Other Music Recording Co.)
Street Date: Aug. 14, 2012
1. RADIO
2. WALKIN’ DOWN MY STREET
3. SOME KINDA LOVE
4. YOU MAKE IT SO EASY
5. KEEP IT COOL
6. LOVE CAN’T WAIT
7. CATHEDRAL ECHOES
8. DON’T HAVE TO TRY
9. THE ENDLESS NIGHT
10. LOSER IN THE GAME