{"id":652125,"date":"2025-02-04T07:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T04:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/interview-yhwh-nailguns-technical-rock-will-rip-you-to-smithereens\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T07:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T04:15:16","slug":"interview-yhwh-nailguns-technical-rock-will-rip-you-to-smithereens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/interview-yhwh-nailguns-technical-rock-will-rip-you-to-smithereens\/","title":{"rendered":"#Interview: YHWH Nailgun\u2019s technical rock will rip you to smithereens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n #content_block-267364 {\n   background: #ff966e;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-267364 {\n   background: #ff966e;\n   margin-bottom: 60px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-title, article.custom .custom-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> .caption {\n   color: ;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-attribution, article.custom .custom-attribution a {\n   color: ;\n }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-267364\" class=\"content_block flush title center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"custom-title\">\n      YHWH Nailgun\u2019s technical rock will rip you to smithereens\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-description\">\n      For the ascendant New York City band, screaming and laughter occupy the same breath.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-attribution\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Ted Davis<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"photographer\">Photographer <span class=\"credit_name\">Marcus Maddox<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-media\">\n<div class=\"triple_gutter_left triple_gutter_right image 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src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/logo-snapchat-5f1563935ac089d0cf1773f642ddbfb6cdb16e8c4ac14fec95a3c11b6f963389.svg\"><br \/>\n        <!-- <span>Snap<\/span> --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-267422\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <i>The FADER\u2019s longstanding GEN F <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> profiles the emerging artists you need to know right now.<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-267421\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"lead-text\">\u201cNobody\u2019s alerted me that we\u2019ve broken through,\u201d<\/span> drummer Sam Pickard says with a chilly laugh. The four members of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yhwhnailgun\/?hl=en\">YHWH Nailgun<\/a> \u2014 an ascending crew of left-field shredders \u2014 are sitting at Abracadabra Magic Diner in Queens, New York City, contemplating their rise. It\u2019s one of the coldest mornings of January; the sidewalks are caked with snow and in the colorful caf\u00e9\u2019s heated back room I can see Pickard\u2019s breath. But spirits are animated among the band who check themselves by cracking jokes if the conversation gets too serious. At times, it seems they\u2019re trolling themselves mid-interview as if to underplay the thoughtfulness that defines their music.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            From their <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/earth-agency.com\/artist\/yhwh-nailgun\/\">dour press photos<\/a> to pummeling polyrhythms, YHWH Nailgun have reignited the flame of \u201870s New York City no-wave. With just a handful of tracks the four-piece has gone from getting the cops called on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q4Y2SgRtCso\">cramped Bushwick tunnel shows<\/a> to opening for spiritual forebears including Xiu Xiu, A Place To Bury Strangers, and Carl Stone over the course of five years. I heard of them through word of mouth, when a friend visiting from the West Coast played me \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=41flmWt-9l8&amp;t=1s\">Castrato Raw (Fullback)<\/a>.\u201d Acrobatic lyrics are bellowed above a wall of pitched percussion, discombobulating electronics, and snotty fretwork. Immediately, their brawny technicality packed a punch that could shoulder any act in the vanguard of heavy rock.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-267365\" class=\"content_block diptych triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_right gutter_btm\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/maddox_nailgun_bw_1_utlaa6\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/maddox_nailgun_bw_1_utlaa6\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/maddox_nailgun_bw_1_utlaa6\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 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1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/maddox_nailgun_bw_6_rmm5wp\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Interview: YHWH Nailgun\u2019s technical rock will rip you to smithereens\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-267423\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201cA lot of it is intuitive, not to act like it\u2019s this magical power or something,\u201d Pickard says of the band\u2019s philosophy. \u201cBut if you talk about technical stuff or practical things with regard to writing music, there\u2019s some kind of ideal that [we\u2019re] trying to get to.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Nailgun\u2019s only ambition: invent a style they wished existed. The band sparked during COVID-19 isolation though the members had been orbiting each other for years. Pickard, vocalist Zack Borzone, guitarist Saguiv Rosenstock, and synthesist Jack Tobias were fans of each others\u2019 work from gigging in Pennsylvania and New York City\u2019s DIY circuits. With everything on hold, Pickard and Borzone \u2014 who were roommates in Philadelphia at the time \u2014 workshopped songs during lockdowns. They t<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed Tobias to flesh out Nailgun\u2019s lineup after moving to New York City, while Rosenstock was asked to produce their debut EP, 2022\u2019s No Midwife And I Wingflap. Ultimately, he fell into place as a permanent fixture.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            YHWH Nailgun say they have an appreciation for Downtown rebelliousness but the legacies of no-wave pioneers Suicide and Theoretical Girls occupy little headspace. (The descriptor, however, isn\u2019t totally off the mark: Borzone\u2019s vocal style is always oscillating between goblin-y rasp and blood-curdling shriek.) They\u2019re more influenced by modern hip-hop, reggae, and techno than old-school avant-punk. Sometimes, that means classification can be tricky; Tobias amusingly relays a story about getting recognized at a party as the keyboardist of a \u201cscreamo band.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-267588\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YHWH Nailgun - Penetrator\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/22KgeHLoJgI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-267368\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_11_pt0xzq\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_11_pt0xzq\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_11_pt0xzq\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_11_pt0xzq\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_11_pt0xzq\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_11_pt0xzq\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_11_pt0xzq\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_11_pt0xzq\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_11_pt0xzq\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_11_pt0xzq\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_11_pt0xzq\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Interview: YHWH Nailgun\u2019s technical rock will rip you to smithereens\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-267426\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>\u201cA lot of it is intuitive. But if you talk about technical stuff or practical things with regard to writing music, there\u2019s some kind of ideal that [we\u2019re] trying to get to.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-267424\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            How all this gets synergized to become Nailgun\u2019s sound can be attributed to whatever alchemy goes down in the studio. Their sandblasted, 2025 industrial cut \u201cPenetrator\u201d prefaces a batch of relentless material that was recorded in upstate New York. YHWH Nailgun have developed a self-professed telepathic connection that allows them to write quickly at laidback, convivial rehearsals. From the new music I hear, it\u2019s clear the band has been tightening their formula of scatterbrained boundary destruction; it makes me imagine what might happen if art-pop veterans Deerhoof tried interpreting death metal.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt feels like you\u2019re in a big mansion and you\u2019re opening doors. Once you open the door to the right room, all the songs pour out of there,\u201d Rosenstock says of creating the band\u2019s forthcoming debut album on the London imprint AD 93. His metaphor spurs Pickard to go on a wry tangent about Scooby Doo that leaves the others in stitches.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-267369\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_12_paqxyo\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_12_paqxyo\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_12_paqxyo\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_12_paqxyo\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_12_paqxyo\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_12_paqxyo\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_12_paqxyo\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_12_paqxyo\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_12_paqxyo\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_12_paqxyo\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_12_paqxyo\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Interview: YHWH Nailgun\u2019s technical rock will rip you to smithereens\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-267425\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            The members of YHWH Nailgun have now climbed to a juncture where they\u2019re too occupied with music to hold full-time jobs but still unable to focus solely on the band. They squeeze rehearsals and band-meetings between service shifts, freelancing, and solo projects. Perhaps these limitations, too, impact the franticness of YHWH Nailgun\u2019s abrupt sonics.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cSometimes we\u2019ll barely see each other over the course of a week. The only time we\u2019ll really see each other is the three hours that we practice for,\u201d Pickard says. \u201cWe go in and we play music for maybe half an hour, and then we literally are just hanging out for two hours and talking about whatever. And then we\u2019re, like, \u2018Nice one, guys!\u2019\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Recently, a YHWH Nailgun track surfaced from one person nonchalantly noodling three notes \u2014 a dynamic that Pickard sardonically compares to a Rube Goldberg machine. For as effortless as YHWH Nailgun portray their methods to be, the end result is always remarkably brash and scorching, a difficult force to evade upon unlatching its cage.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-267367\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_14_hpznpr\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_14_hpznpr\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_14_hpznpr\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_14_hpznpr\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_14_hpznpr\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_14_hpznpr\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_14_hpznpr\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_14_hpznpr\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_14_hpznpr\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_14_hpznpr\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/maddox_nailgun_color_14_hpznpr\/yhwh-nailgun-penetrator-album-gen-f-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 640px\" alt=\"Interview: YHWH Nailgun\u2019s technical rock will rip you to smithereens\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Ted Davis<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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