The NMC's new single, "Get A Job," is a song that fizzes with energy and wit and the rock-and-roll spirit that doesn't wait around for anyone's permission to exist. Written and performed by David Newman, whose work on behalf of The NMC has helped to underpin its expanding and hugely contemporary catalogue, here's a recording that feels timeless yet new, a retelling of rock's elemental story in all its noisy, exhilarating glory.
The first thing that hits you about "Get A Job" is its relentless momentum. The vocal performance has a sense of urgency to it as well as some defiance. It's rock, it's hard rock, and it's attitude rolled into one, but with the polish of a person who has lived with these songs for years before sharing them with the world.
The NMC has always mixed material written at different times in its catalogue, and "Get A Job" represents that intertwining of past and present. So it contains the grime of rock's golden era with all the ease of fitting into today's playlists, perfect for anyone pining away for music that roars and rages yet feels like home. Yet for all its hard edges, Newman also knows how to thread in accessibility that allows the song to resonate beyond die-hard rock fetishists.
"Get A Job" reflects the aggravations and truths many experience, but it also makes the point proudly and with a riff you can't shake. Whether you listen to it as a rallying cry or ultimately resigned posturing, The NMC will make sure you feel something. "Get A Job" proves that the genre is still alive, loud, and very capable of making us want to turn up the volume even more deafening.
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