Bandcamp of the Day: Hard Nips
Hard Nips are one of those bands with a firmly established mythology. For completion sake, here is the recap: Four Japenese women- Gooch, Hitomi, Yoko, and Saki. From different parts of Japan- Okinawa (Osaka), Nagano (Hitomi), and Osaka (Yoko), and Long Island (Saki). Met while living and working in New York City and started hanging out at Yoko’s bar where they would drink and joke in Japenese. Presumably. They’re actually a little fuzzy on what language they would converse in once the drinks started flowing. At some point in 2009, they drunkenly talked themselves into starting a band despite none of them ever having played an instrument. They figured it out though and in 2010 released their debut LP I Shit U Not. Hard Nips’s debut is good. A little unbalanced, but still ...
