Album Review: Midnight Manor by The Nude Party

After two years of near-constant touring in support of their self-titled debut album, the Nude Party headed back to their communal farmhouse in the Catskills to work on another full-length with Black Lips' Oakley Munson. The resulting follow-up, Midnight Manor, finds the six-piece still cranking out riff-fueled, freewheeling rock jams about booze and women (and the music industry). Indebted to '60s and '70s acts like the Velvet Underground, T.

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Long-haired, cowboy-shirted and with a chosen moniker that suggested they probably weren't gunning to be the new Jonas Brothers, The Nude Party's self-titled 2018 debut arrived in a fug of Velvets-meets-Stones wild charm, cribbed from an era soaked in free-spirited hedonism. So it's to the Catskills sextet's credit that, on follow-up 'Midnight Manor', the jangling riffs and bar-room keys are still present but there are some altogether prettier moments jostling for prime position too. Best is the warm Todd Rundgren charm of recent single 'Shine Your Light', while 'Things Fall Apart' is a lilting, lovelorn '50s swooner.

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Please pardon me Lord, but I do believe that dance with the devil has made me weak and I'm certainly considering sin. Midnight Manor, the second studio album from the Nude Party, is the product of undeniable artistic development. Living in such beautiful chaos while experiencing real-time turmoil has shaped the band's dynamic and expression, which is laid out on full display. The album opens up with a fast-paced, rockin' anthem "Lonely Heather" — a track that evokes the band's energetic live performances, leaving you reminiscing for the days of boozy live shows and that late-night dance fever..

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