Introduce A Friend To NMA EP

[Marcin D.]

The current circumstances influence the choice but

Pit EP:

Poison Street
Vagabonds
Here Comes The War

Float EP:

Green & Grey
Better Than Them
Changing of The Light

[8]

Following a conversation at work this week, I realised I've never managed to get anyone to "get" NMA.
So how would you introduce someone..... You've got a 3 track EP to do it  (actually you've got 2)

EP 1 - Go Nuts In The Pit
EP 2 - Close Your Eyes And Float Away

What would you do?

Wow, now this task I think I can manage.  Great thread Anna!

After careful thought, I chose 6 lesser known and relatively more recent songs.
Each track pulled from different NMA releases.  They are:

"Today Is A Good Day"
"Winter"
"Between Wine And Blood"
"Strange Brotherhood"
"Eight"
"Lost Songs"

I think the two EPs are sequenced rather well.  They're good enough to send off to rock and alternative / indie radio stations here in Canada.  The songs fit well together.  There's a running connection / thread within each EP that helps elongate / tell a specific story.  Man, I really, really miss programing radio shows.  That was the best part of the college Radio and Television Broadcasting Programme I'd enrolled in, back in the 1990s.  Couldn't stand the TV part of the programme, though.  I loathed being on air.  I liked the behind the scenes technical stuff more.  Anyway, ended up dropping out of the programme after 1 year (it was a 2 year programme) because my grades were suffering.  I still want to do something revolving around music, but I don't know what I'm cut-out for or where my strengths / talents, if any, lie.

I've had the same problem hooking folk onto NMA/JS, especially women.  I'd love to more so hook North American radio stations (particularly Canadian radio stations) onto NMA/JS' repertoire.  I believe in NMA/JS.  SO many souls are missing out... far too, too many.

Pit EP
1.  Bad Harvest
2.  Burn The Castle
3.  Angry Planet

Float EP      (to introduce an acquaintance or general friend to NMA)
1.  Big Blue
2.  Paekakariki Beach
3.  Falling

Just poppin' in to add links so that folk can test them out, listen as if they were actually official NMA EPs.  Enjoy!

[Ragamuffin]

Pit
Lights Go Out
Poison Street
States Radio

Float
Green and Grey
Someone Like Jesus
Ghosts

[Blymar]

Pit:
Get me out
Here comes the war
No Rest


Float:
Green and Grey
Living in the Rose
Before I get old

[Winterwulf]

Since things are a bit quiet right now, I'll have a go. It's a difficult pick, as I'm sure we could all easily create two albums for each category so there's a lot of strong contenders for each I've had to drop, but I've aimed for a spread across the decades with mine.

Pit:
I Love the World
Wonderful Way to Go
Arm Yourselves and Run

Float:
No Pain
Hard Way
Green and Grey

[Bever]

EP1
Betcha
The Charge
125mph

EP2
Green and Grey
Ballad
Ocean Rising (I know, I know, not really NMA)

[ruckedout]

I am in the pit whatever the song. The only difference to me is the velocity at which i hit the next person.

[scobb]

I always think of ep's having 4 to 6 songs!  Anyway....

ep 1
Wonderful Way To Go (I can't believe this has only been mentioned once.... this isn't 'allo 'allo)
Get Me Out
Here Comes The War

ep 2
Lovesongs
Living In The Rose
Drummy B (Billy McCann)

Three from The Love Of Hopeless Causes and it isn't one of my favourite albums of theirs (perhaps I should have thought longer and I may have had different choices?)!