Moonshine EP, by Nightlands

Moonshine EP

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1.	Beasters 02:05	buy track
2.	Hymn to Me 05:00	buy track
3.	Wonder 04:28	buy track
4.	No Alabama 03:54	buy track
5.	Don't Tread on Me 03:49	buy track
6.	Wonder Reprise 03:07	buy track

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While crafting the Moonshine EP, Dave Hartley (aka Nightlands) left his native Philly for Asheville, NC, a move that proved fortuitous for the visionary songwriter and producer. Nestled in the rolling green hills of North Carolina, Hartley found a sanctuary in which to weather the pandemic, and quietly process the reality of the the world’s climate crisis (and the ramifications as a new father). It also gave him the proper setting to finish his EP and the forthcoming Moonshine full-length album, which will be released in 2022. Anchored by the unmistakable bass lines that have helped make The War on Drugs an undeniable force in modern music, the Moonshine EP incorporates crystalline vocal harmonies, and wafts of enveloping keyboard pads to reveal previously unseen acreage in the unfurling dreamscape that is Nightlands.

Dave Hartley on lead single “Hymn to Me”:
“In the summer of 2015 I spent a magical weekend at Big Pink in Saugerties with my fiance (now wife) and some good friends (including Mike Taylor, Brad and Phil Cook from Hiss Golden Messenger). We made tacos together in the kitchen and drank in the yard and felt giddy just being there. I slept in Richard Manuel’s room and thought about prying up a floorboard to see if I could find some lost lyrics or maybe one of Rick Danko’s plectrums. We listened to The Band and Bob all day, of course, and it really felt like a pilgrimage. One night we stayed up until the smallest hours, playing guitars around a fire and trying to remember the words to Acadian Driftwood. Conversations drifted somehow to Nick Lowe and Pub Rock torchbearers Brinsley Schwarz, and apparently I made boozy plans to record a version of one their most pastoral compositions, Hymn to Me--plans so boozy that it took me over six years to follow through on them. Originally I thought about asking Brad, Phil and Mike to help me with the harmonies, but once I started laying them down, I couldn’t help myself. I did get an assist from Meg Duffy on the guitar instrumental and Robbie Bennett and John James Tourville on the organ and pedal steel, respectively.”

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released December 10, 2021

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