USA Nails

USA Nails are a noise-rock act with more than a decade of activity, and this London concert at The Lexington brings their forthcoming record, Routine Flesh, to the city for the first time.

USA Nails play noise rock, and their members have previously been part of several bands. Over more than a decade, the group has built a body of work that stands on its own, separate from those earlier projects. Their new record, Routine Flesh, is due through One Little Independent and runs to twelve tracks.

The record's concerns are mortality and the forces that shape people: the bodies we inherit and see decline, beliefs picked up early, the surroundings we grow up in, and experiences that stay with us for years. Ageing, faith, healthcare, trauma, isolation, love and online radicalisation all feed into it, raising the question of how much control anyone has over who they become.

Most of the music was played live in the studio, with little finished material brought in, and individual songs were written and recorded in three or four hours each. Sixteen tracks came out of those sessions, after which Steven and Gareth spent the autumn writing and trading vocal parts. The Lexington, a London venue that hosts concerts and shows, is where the record will be heard live in the city for the first time.