Nurses (band)

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| origin = Portland, Oregon and Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States

| genre = psychedelic funk, experimental ragtime, psychedelic folk

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| label = Sargent House
Dead Oceans

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Nurses is an American, Portland-based avant-pop group with vocals, guitar, and keyboard. Their sound is often categorized as psychedelic pop{{cite web|url=http://www.redefinemag.com/2012/nurses-band-interview-dracula-apples-acre/|title=Nurses Band Interview: A Pop-Infused Spectrum From Light To Dark|date=30 January 2012|website=Redefinemag.com|accessdate=29 September 2017}} The duo joined Dead Oceans Records on May 21, 2009, and released two albums via Dead Oceans, with Apple's Acre being issued on August 4, 2009 (August 24 in the UK).{{cite web|url=http://www.deadoceans.com/news.php|title=DEAD OCEANS|website=Deadoceans.com|accessdate=29 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181013/http://www.deadoceans.com/news.php|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}} They have been described as a shaggy younger sibling of Animal Collective singing with the sound of dreamy harmonies, carnival organs, slightly out-of-tune pianos and basic percussion from a lone snare or tambourine and received a 7.2 rating from Pitchfork.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13263-apples-acre/|title=Nurses: Apple's Acre Album Review - Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork.com|accessdate=29 September 2017}} Dracula was released on September 20, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://deadoceans.com/onesheet.php?cat=DOC043|title=Nurses - Dracula :: Dead Oceans|website=Deadoceans.com|accessdate=29 September 2017}}

Nurses toured with the Swedish folk musician The Tallest Man on Earth in 2010,{{cite web|url=http://www.deadoceans.com/shows.php|title=DEAD OCEANS|website=Deadoceans.com|accessdate=29 September 2017}} and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks in February 2012 {{cite web|url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2012/01/nurses-tour-with-stephen-malkmus-the-jicks/|title=Nurses Tour with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks News : Dead Oceans|website=Deadoceans.com|accessdate=29 September 2017}}

A$AP Rocky and members of A$AP Mob freestyled over Nurses' track "You Lookin' Twice" for Pitchfork's Selector in December 2011.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/tv/6-selector/627-aap-mob-freestyle/|title=A$AP Mob - Freestyle - Video - Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork.com|date=21 December 2012 |accessdate=29 September 2017}}

"Yours to Keep" was the closing track from Naughtland, their latest album, which was released in 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/song-premiere-nurses-yours-to-keep|title=Song Premiere: Nurses, "Yours to Keep"|website=AllMusic|accessdate=29 September 2017}}