CCMusic.com

The Nerve Agents were born from the late-'90s, Bay Area Hardcore scene with

vocalist Eric Ozenne, formerly of local stalwarts UNIT PRIDE and REDEMPTION 87,

joining with Tim Presley and Andy Granelli of MODEL AMERICAN. What resulted was

a throwback sound to an era of hardcore punk not unlike early-YOUTH OF TODAY,

CIRCLE JERKS, 7 SECONDS, and AGNOSTIC FRONT, that still managed to showcase

the members' personalities and experiences, with art and lyrics reflecting on Ozenne's

time in the military with vivid references to the horrors of chemical weapons.

With this eight-song EP as the catalyst, The Nerve Agents steep trajectory in the West

Coast hardcore and punk underground found them playing smaller, more formative

shows and growing alongside bands like TIGER ARMY and THE DISTILLERS (which

NERVE AGENTS drummer Andy Granelli would join and play with from 2000 to present

day).

The EP was a perfect match for Revelation Records, who, in the late 1990s with THE

NERVE AGENTS, IN MY EYES, WHERE FEAR AND WEAPONS MEET, and BETTER THAN

A THOUSAND, was finding a return to the fast hardcore sound that brought them to

underground music fame ten years prior.

This new pressing is the first vinyl pressing since 2014 and features a full-color obi

strip plus an eight-page booklet with lyrics, and expanded artwork featuring flyers, and

writings from both scene luminaries and casual fans of the band, showing THE NERVE

AGENTS deep connection and reverence to all who they touched.

TRACK LIST

SIDE A

1. Carpe Diem

2. Unblossomed

3. The War's Not Over

4. Level 4 Outbreak

SIDE B

1. Share The Pain

2. Starting Point

3. Black Sheep

4. I Keep Screaming