NiiS - New Pig

    

  Los Angeles quartet NiiS (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571984566526&locale=ne_NP) currently seem to be building up a head of steam. I've played a few tracks by them on recent shows and the feedback is always full of high praise. 

  I featured them on here 3 years ago with their heartfelt fuck you of a song (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/01/niis-fuck-you-boy.html). 

  Since then they've been honing their sound without dissipating any of their raw energy and they've just unleashed a beast of an album titled NiiS World. (I guess I better mention for those new to the band their name is pronounced Nice). 

  The album's available on ltd edition coloured vinyl (and numbers are running very low as I type this so be quick if you want one) and digital download https://niisla.bandcamp.com/album/niis-world 

  We're very lucky at the moment to be blessed with a number of awesome bands playing raging yet ever so catchy punk music (such as Slaughterhouse, Scowl, Mannequin Pussy etc) and maybe I'm biased but I usually seem to favour strong female vocals when choosing songs for the blog or show. 

  They released a few songs from the album as singles and they were great. The song I'm featuring is one you may not have heard yet if you're only familiar with those singles but it highlights both the power and the melody of the band to great effect. It's called New Pig... 

NiiS - Fuck You Boy

  

  The early days of a new year are often a difficult time to find exciting new music to play on the Just Some Punk Songs show as most bands have been quiet during the festive season and it sometimes takes a few weeks for the releases to begin flowing in any great number. It does however give me the opportunity to mop up a few of the many songs I missed during the previous year. One of those features on this week's show (8pm Uk time today and then it's repeated on various global online radio stations during the week) and is getting posted on here today. 

  NiiS are based in Los Angeles. I only stumbled across them recently and know very little about them aside from their being influenced by the likes of Dead Kennedys, The Bags, Bad Brains and X. They've a single on Bandcamp titled Media Blitz which is good  https://niisla.bandcamp.com/releases (and which has a very cool Elastica cover on the B side) and they recently posted a video on Youtube for a track which is Mimi SanDoe's heartfelt reaction to breaking up with an ex. 

  This is straight from the heart, it's titled Fuck You Boy...