Holy Shit Coloured edition

22 years after their first release and 10 years after their last album,

Nebula are back. And you're thinking "Holy shit!" right now, you pretty much

nailed it. 'Holy Shit' is Nebula's first LP since 2009's 'Heavy Psych', and it

quickly puts to rest the question that's loomed since guitarist/vocalist Eddie

Glass, bassist Tom Davies and drummer Michael Amster announced the band's

reformation in 2017. Nebula are still Nebula. It's there in the inimitable

space-grunge of 'It's all Over,' or the take-a-drag-and-be-gone 'Let's Get

Lost,' or the way 'Tomorrow Never Comes' manages to be so, so heavy and laid

back at the same time. It's in the paradise-psych of 'Gates Of Eden' and even

the snoring you hear before the devilish 'Man's Best Friend' kicks in to open

the album (the studio couch became a crash spot). Since the days of 1998's 'Let

It Burn' EP and the now-classic 'To The Center' debut album, Nebula have always

been just a little more dangerous. Just a little more unhinged. 'Holy Shit'

shows this front-to-back for the essential part of their character it is, and

yet it's not trying to be anything they've done before, whether it's those early

outings or 'Heavy Psych' or 'Charged' (2001), 'Apollo' (2003) or 'Atomic Ritual'

(2005). It's a sixth Nebula album -- something for which even the most ardent of

fans could hardly have hoped.