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Neckties Make Me Nervous is a punk band. No bones about it – they’re smart, they’re pissed off, and they’re not trying to impress you with their technical prowess or woo you with vague emo meanderings. They get in, attack, and move on to the next song. With topics that range from the cyclical nature of domestic violence and disgust at the U.S.’s rampant xenophobia to a sense of voicelessness regarding the current occupation of Iraq, they’re also not a band that’s going to be playing vapid pop punk songs.

Incendiary and absolutely unafraid to critique the world, the scene or themselves, Neckties Make Me Nervous walk the line between screaming for change, and trying to live for it. And for all the shit-talking they do, they back it up by playing every benefit show they can and donating all of their profits from merchandise sales and 100% of the door at their non-benefit gigs. The band’s been able to donate money to everything from Second Harvest and Iraqi relief organizations, to women’s shelters and homeless outreach programs, among others.

Their debut 7-inch is a must have collectors item with art by Keith Rosson as well as a record adapter, inserts, stickers and a fully-packaged CD-R for those of you without record players!