Four Winds (Single)
by Unquiet Nights
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Belfast’s Unquiet Nights are back with a roar on soaring new single ‘Four Winds.’
On Friday June 14, acclaimed rock band Unquiet Nights unveil their first new material of 2019 via all digital platforms. A seductive, stadium-ready number that stakes a claim as the soundtrack to the summer, ‘Four Winds’ sees the band’s mainman Luke Mathers’ tell a deliciously dark tale of intense attraction and wrap it around a surging chorus to die for.
“The two characters are realising that they are the absolute centre of each other’s lives,” explains Unquiet Nights’ singer, guitarist and sonic architect. “Although their attraction is intense, there is a form of desperation that comes with two people needing each other so badly to survive. Maybe it’s my version of John Lennon’s ‘Don’t Let Me Down.’”
A track that conjures up the spirits of Dave Gilmour, late 80s Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks while also offering a fistful of fresh ideas and sounds from Mathers’ voluminous bag of tricks, the foundations for ‘Four Winds’ were laid in their own studio Credential Sound, then some finishing touches were applied in the legendary Manor Park in Derry/Londonderry.
“Because I’m using a Stratocaster against atmospheric synth textures, it’s hard to deny the Gilmour thing,” offers Luke. “I was listening to Stevie Nicks ‘Room on Fire’ one day while I was working on it as well. What I was mainly trying to do by starting with a dance kick drum and running it into a delay to create this shuffling effect, then overdubbing the rock drum kit in Credential Sound on top of the loop was to create something that sounded unique. If I feel myself being influenced by one thing in particular, I usually pull hard in another direction to try and end up with something that is different.”
In addition to being released on all streaming platforms, Unquiet Nights are also making ‘Four Winds’ plus their whole discography to date (which includes the single ‘George Best City’ which has notched up a quarter of a million streams on Spotify) available via a flash drive which can be purchased through their website unquietnights.com
- Edwin McFee. (Hot Press)
On Friday June 14, acclaimed rock band Unquiet Nights unveil their first new material of 2019 via all digital platforms. A seductive, stadium-ready number that stakes a claim as the soundtrack to the summer, ‘Four Winds’ sees the band’s mainman Luke Mathers’ tell a deliciously dark tale of intense attraction and wrap it around a surging chorus to die for.
“The two characters are realising that they are the absolute centre of each other’s lives,” explains Unquiet Nights’ singer, guitarist and sonic architect. “Although their attraction is intense, there is a form of desperation that comes with two people needing each other so badly to survive. Maybe it’s my version of John Lennon’s ‘Don’t Let Me Down.’”
A track that conjures up the spirits of Dave Gilmour, late 80s Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks while also offering a fistful of fresh ideas and sounds from Mathers’ voluminous bag of tricks, the foundations for ‘Four Winds’ were laid in their own studio Credential Sound, then some finishing touches were applied in the legendary Manor Park in Derry/Londonderry.
“Because I’m using a Stratocaster against atmospheric synth textures, it’s hard to deny the Gilmour thing,” offers Luke. “I was listening to Stevie Nicks ‘Room on Fire’ one day while I was working on it as well. What I was mainly trying to do by starting with a dance kick drum and running it into a delay to create this shuffling effect, then overdubbing the rock drum kit in Credential Sound on top of the loop was to create something that sounded unique. If I feel myself being influenced by one thing in particular, I usually pull hard in another direction to try and end up with something that is different.”
In addition to being released on all streaming platforms, Unquiet Nights are also making ‘Four Winds’ plus their whole discography to date (which includes the single ‘George Best City’ which has notched up a quarter of a million streams on Spotify) available via a flash drive which can be purchased through their website unquietnights.com
- Edwin McFee. (Hot Press)
lyrics
Well it felt just like a summer breeze
Washing up and over me
You were just a city bird
Still believing what you heard
You can tell me anything
But you don't tell me everything
Now that you've been left to rust
By the ones that you were meant to trust
Don't leave me to the four winds
Don't leave me to the four winds
I only got myself to blame
Things like these don't seem to change
That same familiar ghost in me
Cuts through all my formality
And I only got myself to blame
Things like these don't seem to change
You won't find no guarantee
This is just reality
You can live a lie too long
Until everything is gone
Don't leave me to the four winds
Don't leave me to the four winds
I only got myself to blame
Things like these don't seem to change
Don't leave me to the four winds
Don't leave me to the four winds
I only got myself to blame
Things like these don't seem to change
Washing up and over me
You were just a city bird
Still believing what you heard
You can tell me anything
But you don't tell me everything
Now that you've been left to rust
By the ones that you were meant to trust
Don't leave me to the four winds
Don't leave me to the four winds
I only got myself to blame
Things like these don't seem to change
That same familiar ghost in me
Cuts through all my formality
And I only got myself to blame
Things like these don't seem to change
You won't find no guarantee
This is just reality
You can live a lie too long
Until everything is gone
Don't leave me to the four winds
Don't leave me to the four winds
I only got myself to blame
Things like these don't seem to change
Don't leave me to the four winds
Don't leave me to the four winds
I only got myself to blame
Things like these don't seem to change
credits
released June 14, 2019
Produced by Luke Mathers.
Mixed & Mastered by Neal Calderwood.
Recorded at Manor Park Studios.
Artwork: Essential Credential
Produced by Luke Mathers.
Mixed & Mastered by Neal Calderwood.
Recorded at Manor Park Studios.
Artwork: Essential Credential
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Unquiet Nights Belfast, UK
“Pure Rock & Roll.”
– BBC Radio 1.
"Great band with tons of energy" – Greg Richling (The Wallflowers).
"Industrious band of seasoned tunesmiths" – Edwin McFee, Hot Press.
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