Formed in New York in 1985, The Optic Nerve were children of Nuggets who dreamed about the Velvet Underground but looked like the Byrds.Their take on '65-66 jangly garage-folk-rock was unrivalled.Lotta Nerve collects their fabulous early 45s plus studio tracks for what should have been their...
“On!” is the lost, previously unreleased album by legendary NY garage-pop, folk-rockers OPTIC NERVE.Produced by Dave Amels and recorded in 2005 but possessing the same magical, timeless sound & spirit of their classic '80s recordings, full of jangly guitars and innocent vocal...
Recorded in 1988 but not released until 1993, Forever and a Day was the first full-length album by our favorite NYC jingle-jangle mop-tops, full of mid-60s sounding garagey folk-rock. Out of print for many years, here’s a long overdue vinyl reissue with band-sanctioned new artwork and remastered...