Nova Twins at Bowery Ballroom 10/16/2022
You’ve already heard me sing the praises of Nova Twins, both at their SXSW 2022 performance in Austin and their follow-up concert at Baby’s All Right in New York back in April. I’m running out of superlatives to give this band the tribute they deserve.
Sunday’s show at the Bowery Ballroom was the last U.S. show on the current tour. The start time was actually moved up from 8pm to 3pm, to accommodate a change in the Nova Twins’ travel schedule — they needed to jet back to London to participate and perform at the the Mercury Awards show, since their Supernova album was one of ten nominees for Best New Album this year. At the Mercury Awards, they performed their monster song, Antagonist, before a gussied-up crowd seated at beautiful tables with tuxedoed wait staff. A bit of an upgrade from us shlubs at the Bowery Ballroom.
The Nova Twins showed up an hour before show time to sign autographs, sell merch, and do a meet’n’greet with those of us who arrived early. As usual, the two demure stars, Amy Love and Georgia South, couldn’t have been sweeter. They are tiny little things, cute as buttons, with beautiful cheeri-o British accents. They were polite, gracious, and appreciative of everybody who came out to meet with them.
On stage, of course, they kicked ass, made a ton of noise, strutted around, bigger than life, as the foul-mouthed, nasty, power-packed bitches they are when they perform. It was another great fucking show.
Amy Love is lead vocalist and guitarist. Georgia South plays a killer bass. They are backed by Tim Nugent, who beats the crap out of his drum kit in perfect rhythm with the girls’ power chords and rap-style lyrics. Their overall style is a delicious blend of Beyoncé attitude, AC/DC noise levels, and Insane Clown Posse madness. It’s a terrific blend.
Tonight’s show capped off the U.S. portion of the tour to promote their 2022 album Supernova, which features the single, Choose Your Fighter, which they played as their encore. But along the way, their set featured a slew of killer songs they’ve written over the past few years, including Antagonist, Cleopatra, Taxi, Puzzles, and others. You can see some short clips from their performance here.
Nova Twins was supported by Gully Boys, a band from Minneapolis who performed as openers. I thought they played a great set. Listen here to Neopet Graveyard, a great song which I think is representative of their sound.