There has been a lot said about local rock band Nadine in recent
months, particularly by this paper. As they prepare to go on a
nationwide tour to support their latest album, Strange
Seasons, it is now time to have one final, definitive article
to sum up this breakout band.

Co-founders Adam Reichmann and Steve Rauner first came together
six years ago, due more to circumstance than anything else.

“We were roommates in this big house down on South Grand, when
we could afford it,” Rauner said. Both were in different bands, but
the two started working together as their respective bands began to
fall apart.

Rauner said the process was sped up since Reichmann’s old band
already had a record deal with German label Glitterhouse, that
still wanted an album from Reichmann.

“We had the record done before we even had the name of the
band,” Reichmann said. The album, Back to My Senses, was
self-produced in St. Louis for a paltry $5,000. The group then
recorded and released two more albums for Undertow Records, a label
that the band started with a few other groups.

For their latest record, Reichmann said the band decided to
record it in Denton, Tex. because they wanted to focus more on
performing the record. For this task, Nadine brought in
Centro-matic front man Matt Pence to co-produce the album, who
happends to live and work in Denton.

“Denton is a small town, but the per capita of musicians is
great,” Reichmann said.

“We worked songs up to the point to where the band couldn’t
begin to play them live,” Rauner said. Rauner then said that
working on analog tape, instead of digital records, gave the album
its live feel.

“The sound (on analog) is just unbeatable,” Reichmann said.
“It’s warm, it’s alive and there’s all kinds of goofy crap that is
not going to happen on your computer. If there’s a mistake, you
can’t go back and change it. You punch and you punch out.”

Another big change for the record is that it will be released on
Trampoline Records, the label co-founded by Pete Yorn and
Wallflowers keyboardist Rami Jaffee.

“We decided it was time to try something new, so we sent out a
bunch of packages, then narrowed it down to a few that we wanted to
work with. [Trampoline Records] seemed like the coolest
guys–really down to earth,” Reichmann said. Rauner said Trampoline
was also the only label that did not make the group feel ill at
ease.

Both Rauner and Reichmann are ambivalent about their future,
though they agreed that no matter what happens, he and Rauner will
remain songwriting partners.

“I don’t think there’s any way to get out of playing music,”
Rauner said. “It’s terminal.”