NAILBITER came out of nowhere in the early 2000s, in a London where bad punk, terrible USA-inspired hardcore, and even worse Euro crust were the norm. They were foreign squatters obsessed with ANTI-CIMEX, Japanese hardcore, and punk from around the world, at a time when the internet hadn’t made all those scenes commodities just a Google search away. They played as much as they could for audiences who thought they were boring, dirty, or un-hip. They managed to release a handful of records before their career ground to a halt when the drummer was deported back to Brazil. Fast-forward a few years and NAILBITER are back in action, touring Europe as often as they can and writing new material. Unfortunately, they are not allowed to play live in the UK due to the drummer’s status, but for a couple of years now they have been unleashing their nihilistic hybrid of late-era ANTI-CIMEX and Burning Sensation Japanese hardcore. The Bait is their new recording, a seven-track 12" including a rendition of ANTI-CIMEX’s “Sister Daylight.” It was recorded in Belgium in August 2011, at the end of one of their European escapades, and mixed and mastered at various locations in the UK over the following 12 months. Lyrically and musically, Nailbiter are often compared to PAINTBOX, DEATH SIDE, and late-era ANTI-CIMEX. They paint bleak visions of day-to-day existence in this miserable world. Housed in a beautiful jacket designed by guitarist Carlos Hiroshima, The Bait is a record for people who know there is no better world and live for the now.
