USA Nails

London noise-rock quartet USA Nails bring their new album, Routine Flesh, to Brudenell Social Club in Leeds, a venue that mainly hosts pop, rock and indie concerts.

USA Nails are a London noise-rock quartet who have spent more than a decade reshaping a sound built on abrasive guitars and heavy bass. Their new album, Routine Flesh, is released through One Little Independent Records and, in North and South America, SKiN GRAFT Records.

The twelve tracks on Routine Flesh examine mortality and the forces that shape people: inherited bodies that decline, beliefs absorbed over time, the environments in which people grow up, and experiences that linger. Ageing, religion, healthcare, trauma, isolation, love and online radicalisation all surface, and the record asks how much control anyone has over who they become. Musically, the band keep their core of warped bass, dissonant guitars, vocals that move between barked and flat delivery, and pounding rhythms, while extending it through motorik repetition, blown-out fuzz, wiry post-punk and some of their most openly tender material.

Brudenell Social Club began as a working men's club and mainly hosts pop, rock and indie concerts, which places this guitar-led band within the venue's usual programme.