Ryan's Gig Guide - September 2018

It’s unusual for an act to hit its peak after four decades. Yet here it is. Commercial Suicide Man, their 7”Vic Godard collaboration, was released as the group entered the studio to record their ninth full-length album.While the single sold out almost immediately, got picked as BBC 6’s Single of theWeek, and received more airplay than any Nightin- gales record to date, it won’t have pre- pared fans for the most ambitious album in the band’s catalogue. The band’s long climb to become Britain’s most dazzling live band - shows are played at full energy without the breaks lesser combos need to breathe, www.ryansgigguide.com 6 rgg Sep 2018