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Andrew Belle writes songs by feel. The composition first - lyrics and melody eventually follow. Only after Belle has an internal reaction to the composition do his words finally come forth - finding the right way to express what has always been there, but is only now being fully realized. When it came time to record his fourth full-length album, the Chicago-based singer-songwriter, chose to take his trusted collaborators to the vaunted Sonic Ranch Studios, located on the US-Mexico border in Tornillo, Texas. The studio compound, which sits on a 1,700-acre pecan orchard, boasts the worlds largest residential recording studio complex and has been the birthplace of albums by Bon Iver, Beach House and a slew of other notable artists.
A large portion of Nightshade takes on a subject that has more and more become part of our cultural zeitgeist mental health. Specifically, how we deal with life itself and why so many seem to be drawn toward unhealthy coping mechanisms. While a few tracks address these themes head on Spectrum, Inside Voices and Surprise Surprise the album as a whole serves as a soundtrack for anyone driving out of a season of perpetual midnight in their life and toward a sunrise thats maybe a little more hopeful - through a desert just north of the border.
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