Band: NOMVDICSong: “blue jay”Director: Evan DraperAlbum: EuphoriaRelease Date: Label: The Orchard Music
Frontman James Lewis said of the song:
“The idea for this song came from a time in my life (around 2017) when I was at the lowest of lows. My outlook was so bleak that the world around me had lost all beauty and color, everything was gray. During my worst moment, I was driving my car and…
Hey I'm James from Nomadic. Or NOMVDIC or NOM∀DIC or whatever. sometimes we spell it with a V because we’re weird. but metals weird so who cares.
What led to the inception of Nomvdic?
The original drummer and guitarist of this band had a project called "Nomadic" which had recorded a 2-song EP with me. They asked me to fill in for a gig for them as their vocalist bc the actual dude couldn't make it. Over time, we hung out more and wrote some theatrical death metal songs about horror movies. We were asked to play a gig as a "Nomadic comeback show" even though it wasn't the same band. So we played as Nomadic and that just kinda became the band name, haha. Not sure how the V thing started, I think it was a group chat change back in 2016 and then we just kinda started doing that with our new logos.
'Euphoria' has been on repeat ever since the record was released, this album is a masterpiece, 2.5 years in the making definitely proves that. What is the album about, what insights can you tell new listeners when diving into 'Euphoria'?
Wow thank you for the love. Hearing something you've created and put time to is a "masterpiece" is always a shock and always awesome. so thank you. Euphoria is at its core is about feelings, but at its hidden core is about me and my feelings haha. The argument of the album is essentially that anything felt in an extreme way, even negatively, is Euphoria BECAUSE you are feeling. But, we get to that conclusion by telling some pretty horrific stories and then "giving up" in the 9th song. If you can, try to listen to the whole thing - it's quite the roller coaster haha. That being said, I think it can also be a fun listen without having to jam the whole thing or having to pay attention to all the lyrics and whatnot.
'Euphoriɐ' has officially been out for over a week now, you guys released the Billboard chart numbers, being an independent band were you guys expected to have such great numbers?
Honestly dude I worked my ass off on shooting for the stars on this and doing as best as I possibly could, but I definitely did not expect to get 8 chart positions. That's badass. Technically only 7 positions because 103 / 100 isn't a position BUT I thought it was insane that we were only 3 off from top 100 current albums. I'm blown away. It's mad cool.
Since the whole world is on lock-down you guys had planned a CD release show/tour, word of mouth will still forever reign as a reliable carrier for news and excitement, what creative ideas have you come up with to combat not getting the word out about the release of the album?
I think staggering singles out every two weeks helped a lot with getting a lot of fans through Spotify, that was huge for us. I've been constantly trying to get press, and am working on ad ideas through Facebook and Google. I'm also going to start a "street team" type of Facebook group and come up with interesting merch drop ideas
As I was working on this interview I was listening to the album and the song "I've known you for so long but know nothing about you" stopped me dead in my tracks to actually listen and follow along with the lyrics, the lyrics feel extremely personal, what was the writing process like did you have to get into a certain headspace?
That's cool that you stopped and really looked into it dude, thank you. I'll just say this, man. Our last album was about freaking horror movies, haha. I had to get a lot of help with writing for this album, not because I can't write but because it was really hard to be truly vulnerable with my words for this album. I'm kinda happy things worked out that way. Like I know what the songs are REALLY about and what the lyrics really mean, but people can derive so much meaning for themselves out of the words. It's cool. I love this record and I love that song
When everyone receives the okay to resume to life as normal are you guys hoping to pick up where the last tour fell off?
Oh fuck the fuck yea dude. I want to be playing more than we ever played before. I want Euphoria all over the US and Canada and Europe. Hell, even fucking Australia. I wanna blow this up
Dream tour with NOMVDIC on the bill?
Oh, good question. Wow. Man, I'd LOVE to tour with bands like Oathbreaker, Deafheaven, Warforged, and Kardashev. I also think the direction of the last two The Devil Wears Prada albums suit our sound as well, so it would be so cool to tour with them. Also, Sleep Token, Code Orange, and Gojira are like my favorite bands, AND I heard Job for a Cowboy is coming back. Not to mention incredible bands like Rivers of Nihil and The Contortionist. Honestly, any combination of any of the above would be a dream come true.
Anything else you would like to tell the readers before we go?
Please! Jam Euphoria! We have a full album visual stream up on YouTube, and all of our music is on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp, and all that good stuff! Buy some merch! Thank you for all the love everybody, it means the world.
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The Faceless will be headlining a summer North American tour with Lorna Shore and Dyscarnate supporting. Select dates will feature NOMVDIC, Dead Eyes Always Dreaming, and The Convalescence.
6/26 – Seattle, WA | El Corazon *
6/27 – Portland, OR | Dante’s *
6/28 – Boise, ID | The Shredder *
6/29 – Salt Lake City, UT | Club X *
6/30 – Colorado Springs, CO | Black Sheep *
7/01 – Denver, CO | Oriental…
My dudes in @nomvdicofficial just released THE VVITCH music video today!! Link in band's bio. Go watch, like and follow! It's sick as fuck, so enjoy💀 #nomvdic #thevvitch
