- 2020-08-19
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MUSIC
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Nightshifts Releases New Song “Kicks”
Toronto-based songwriter Andrew Oliver, aka Nightshifts has released a new song “Kicks”.
The track will appear on his upcoming debut album, following 2019's EP “Window Weather”.
“I wrote and recorded “Kicks” over one weekend in May,” Andrew Oliver said of the song in a statement. “I was feeling cooped up at my place in Toronto during lockdown, as everyone was, and was thinking about the epic party that would be had if COVID magically disappeared, and we were suddenly allowed to hang out. I wanted to write this song about that party and that sigh of relief. Around the same time, I found an old VHS camcorder in my parents' basement. I started watching the old tapes and they fit the nostalgic optimism of the song. I shot some new footage with the same camcorder, combined it with the old, and had my friend Austin Merros overlay hi-def animations. “Kicks” is a tune for the party that can’t happen.”
Nightshifts has worked magic across vintage synths, groovy guitars and drum machines during late-night recording sessions to create soulful and cosmic pop tunes.
The latest EP “Window Weather” garnered over 2 million streams.- source : YouTube
