Minneapolis indie rock outfit The Nokturnal North released the first single from their first full-length record. "You Destroy Me" is a raw release from the quartet. According to an article from a pop culture blog, the title of the 16-track record is The Wilderness . It is a follow up to their 2018 debut  Farewell, Midwest ,   which was released a year ago this month. The band plans to release The Wilderness sometime in 2019. You can listen to "You Destroy Me" below.

Just after 8:30 on Saturday, August 11 fellow Ear Coffee writer and editor Wes and I, duck into the back row of Java Express in the Union Depot. Minneapolis singer-songwriter Ben Noble is just beginning his acoustic set for an intimate audience. Noble sits on a small stage in the back corner of the restaurant. The stage seems almost too small for the headlining act  The Nokturnal North to fit on. The room itself is very vibey. Almost everything in the room is made of marble, but the room has the muted feeling of a quiet evening. The cavernous echoes of the depot stop at the door and all the concert goers have to focus on is the music Noble plays from his beautiful debut record Whiskey Priest .  Ben Noble thanks the audience one last time before he leaves the stage, and Under The Pavilion prepares for their set. The band that follows the singer-songwriter takes the audience in a much different direction. Under The Pavilion is a 1970s/1980s influenced rock band ...