This duo has the perfect name, because it not only describes the type of energy they give off, it also sounds like the type of breakdown lead singer/guitarist Jake Spek is having whenever he opens his mouth. Nervous make jittery and highly energetic noisy, punk-influence rock.

In a broader sense, this Oakland-based duo fits into the current wave of younger artists taking dirty, grungy rock and finding new and interesting ways to shape it into something all their own. For someone like me, who is old enough to remember some of this band’s musical touchstones the first time around, I think it’s great that there are bands reinvigorating the sounds of noise rock and weird, crazy hardcore.

But far from being a nostalgia show, Nervous is making it all their own. It’s music that exists in the here and now.

There is a sense of urgency to the music that definitely shows that Spek and drummer Jacob Harris did time in hardcore bands, but the rhythms and riffs get all noisy and angular. It’s this combination of the old and the new that makes this such an enticing listen.

“Good Morning” opens with some choppy rhythms and blasts of dirt-encrusted riffs; Spek sounds like he is about to have a meltdown. “Cog In the Machine” quickens the pace a bit, while “Perfection” is a killer grungy punk nugget. “Hungry” keeps the energy level elevated. “Satire About A Vampire” features a somewhat funky breakdown to go with the discord, while “Vulture” is gritty, spastic noise rock with crazed stuttering rhythms. “Can’t Feel A Thing” ends the record aggressively with driving noise-punk.

With this debut, this duo, which will expand to a trio for touring purposes has created an exciting blast of noisy rock that smells like post millennial twenty-something spirit. Flannel shirt optional.

(Twelve Gauge Records, 2467 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA 94110)