Adam Nutter - Badlands On Fire

As grim as it was there were a few positives to come out of the pandemic, depending on your point of view.

Where one sits on the rise of digital engagement is down to the individual, but there’s no denying the increased levels of convenience and content (shudder).

More specifically, for those in the know the reformation of The Music and the subsequent rebirth of guitarist and songwriter Adam Nutter is quite the story.

The four-piece from Leeds were perennial outsiders, never fitting in with either the garage rock revival or the subsequent influx of British bands who followed in its wake.

Their first album fostered a cult following which continues to this day – the iconic, circular artwork which adorned t-shirts still recognised as a badge of distinction like a mason’s pin.

For assorted reasons, sadly the four young men were unable to sustain their momentum and Adam Nutter, scarred by his experiences, retreated from the world.

The Twitter Listening Parties brought Nutter out of hibernation and saw him re-engage with his artistic muse firstly through two reformation gigs last summer, and it now culminates in Badlands On Fire, his debut solo album.

https://www.live4ever.uk.com/2023/04/review-adam-nutter-badlands-fire/