The one-man bedroom-recording project of Ian McGee, Nice Face has been churning out singles and cassettes over the past couple of years. Now, on his first ever full-length, McGee has created 13 tracks of fuzzed-out, drum machine-laden punk rock, funneling his influences -- Factory Records, Chrome, Suicide, etc. -- into a marriage of distorted vocals, unwavering synth and effects-heavy guitar sound of Blank Dogs with the hook-heavy pop of the late, great Jay Reatard.

New York's Nice Face, the one-man bedroom-recording project of Ian McGee, has been constantly churning out singles and cassettes over the past couple of years. Now, on his first ever full-length, McGee has created 13 tracks of fuzzed-out, drum machine-laden punk rock. And the format suits him well, allowing him the breadth to funnel his old-school influences -- Factory Records, Chrome, Suicide, etc. -- into a well-suited marriage of the distorted vocals, unwavering synth and effects-heavy guitar sound of Blank Dogs with the succinct and hook-heavy pop songwriting of the late, great Jay Reatard. Immer Etwas has everything, from straight up guitar-driven tracks like "Invective" to the quirky synth opener "Decipher" and "I Want Your Damage," where sounds battle against, and blend into, one another, creating an almost palpable sonic texture. Another great release with beautiful silk-screened packaging by Brooklyn's Sacred Bones Records, a local favorite to watch.

-Pamela Garavano-Coolbaugh (March 4, 2010)