Nickel Eye
Here at Indieball, we love the Strokes. Unfortunately, the band began its unofficial hiatus in 2006 and has been A.W.O.L. ever since. (Apparently fame, fortune and groupies were major turn-offs). Luckily, most of the Strokes have started side projects: Albert Hammond, Jr. has embarked on a solo career while Fabrizio Moretti founded the indie-fav, Little Joy, previously featured on the site. Today’s subject Nikolai Fraiture started up a folk-rock group, which he called Nickel Eye. Clever, eh?
In “Back From Exile,” Fraiture seems to proclaim his return to music with the line “Hello motherfuckers, I’m back from exile,” accentuated only by a few strums of the guitar. While it’s not exactly catchy, you will definitely find yourself thinking “Hello motherfuckers, I’m back…” several times throughout the day. On the other hand, “Providence, RI” makes up for what “Back From Exile” lacks in catchiness. The way the song flows, I find the verses to be more interesting than the bland chorus of “all of my troubles won’t matter to me.”
Nickel Eye is currently touring with Low vs Diamond, another great band. If they’re headed your way go check them out!
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» Meaningless labels: Acoustic • Folk • Male vocal
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January 28th, 2009 at 2:17 am
was just listening to the album today. nice.