When listening to Nation of Language’s debut album Introduction, Presence, it’s easy to hear the new wave influences of Joy Division, New Order, and Tears for Fears. In the latter half of this decade, the indie scene has continually gone to the 80s well with mixed results. This record is confident in working outside the genre’s trappings, and instead of hanging in 1985, it more interestingly also takes the listener to 2005.