Conceived initially as a fun way to burn off steam after 2020’s tour cancellations, ‘It’s Not Weird’ is the prologue to Kelowna’s humble-yet-still-super group of combined talents now known as ‘nightshades’. Andrew Judah, N. Sherman, Caleb McAlpine (Common Fires), and DL Ranney (Gary Saturday, Josh + Bex, Party Texture)—all prolific songwriters and musicians in their own projects—coalesce to write songs where everybody takes the lead vocal at different times, and nobody ever can tell who is playing what instrument.

Everybody does everything, and nobody is worried about it. ‘Its Not Weird’ acts as a harbinger and pilot episode to future collaboration, and invites the listener to determine for themselves if the music is, indeed, weird or not. Four songwriters, four distinct new songs, genre-melting psychedelic pop and summery post-punk rock n’ roll—is it weird? It’s not weird.