Nervesandgel

From dirty socks to Sybian machines, the thrill of autoeroticism finds its way into the weirdest outlets. Johnny Wohlfahrt alone is Nervesandgel, perhaps the most self-indulgent entity the Denver music scene has ever birthed. Recorded across four years and two full discs, his eponymous opus occupies the hitherto hidden space between David Tibet and Will Cullen Hart, lubing up fractured acoustic pop with a slippery fistful of fizzy ambience and electronic squawks. And the solipsism just keeps on coming. "I Lay to Rest Where Once I Was Wasted" is at once tranquil and nauseating, and "Eating Food From My Tummy" is unsettling onomatopoeia. But the record's climax lies in the Nurse With Wound-inspired "So Confusing Yet Oh So Beautiful" -- a title that, naturally, ends up being a perfect self-description. After all, there's no one better at servicing Nervesandgel than Nervesandgel itself.