The band’s latest album, Skinny Girls Are Trouble, is currently in post-production in the USA after having been produced in South Africa by Richard Lloyd, guitarist of seminal 1970’s New York City punk/no-wave band Television. Jim Neversink is fronted by Michael Whitehead, the Durban-born singer/songwriter/guitarist who first came to public attention as the lead guitarist of local legends Famous Curtain Trick.

Since moving to Johannesburg, Whitehead has fully embraced his alt-country leanings, creating Jim Neversink as a vehicle to drive his astonishing narrative-powered songs whose haunting textures resonate with the influences of Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Neil Young, Leadbelly and Loretta Lynn. Yet, despite their dyed-in-the-moonshine country roots, Jim Neversink also embrace the raw power of rock ‘n roll to create the band’s self-described “loserbilly” style of music which is as lyrical as it is intense.

Jim Neversink return to Whitehead’s hometown of Durban for the first time since their formation to give audiences a taste of a type of music not found in these parts where artists tend to climb into the crevices of folk, metal, punk and indie-rock. They perform at Highfield House in Hillary on Thursday May 14 (083 787 5388 / enquiries@highfieldhouse.co.za; at Society in Durban on Friday May 15 (072 117 6221) and at Luna Lounge in Kloof on Saturday May 16 (072 280 1949 / debbie@lunalounge.co.za / www.lunalounge.co.za. All shows feature support slots by Durban lo-fi duo Lilo with legendary South African musician, DJ and music critic Richard Haslop guesting with both bands at Luna Lounge.