The Nervous System "Nervous Tic" (16.4 MB) from Manic Compression King Club Madison, WI March 30, 2007 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE!

I'm still very much on the fence about the Nervous System. I first became interested in them because they have two guys from the late, great Super Eights, whom I thought they'd be like. They're actually much less fully formed, though, and less energized. This song -- the album opener and lead promo track -- illustrates well the trouble with their approach. It's a nice little jangly pop song, but it doesn't quite know where it's going and takes a minute too long to get there. All the necessary parts for a pretty good song are there, they just aren't put together in the right order.