'Reducer' - May 31st, 2024
nightshades' debut full-length album
‘Reducer', nightshades’ debut full-length record (May 31st, 2024), is a kaleidoscopic and diverse collection of songs recorded live-off-the-floor at the band's Kelowna, BC studio. With each member of nightshades (Andrew Judah, Common Fires, DL Ranney, N. Sherman) trading vocal and instrumental duties throughout the album’s ten songs, ‘Reducer’ is a calculated balancing act of deliberate eclecticism: an ambitious high-wire performance of both heart and mind.
An album of high contrast, 'Reducer' intends to surprise, thrill, and comfort its listeners. Certain tracks burst into vivid colour (‘2 Actors’, ‘Leave Space’, ‘Routine Blood Work’); other songs simmer with introspective reverie (‘Ultraviolet’, ‘Harsh Mellow’, ‘Suggestions?’). Warm synths swaddle the angular guitar-work, slinky bass lines cozy up with groovy drumming, and spacious vocal performances blossom into striking four-part harmony.
'Reducer’—performed by nightshades, and produced by Andrew Judah—will be released May 31st, 2024.
nightshades (the band)
BC's modest, yet-still "super-group"
nightshades is a collaborative indie rock band, featuring four esteemed Canadian songwriters (Andrew Judah, Common Fires, DL Ranney, and N.Sherman). In a Beatles-esque timeshare of accessible, vibrant music; nightshades' sound is rich with psychedelic flourish, but anchored in melodic hooks and pop sensibility.
With all four members swapping vocal and instrumental duties, nightshades' live show is both visually and sonically dynamic. Complementary (but distinct) timbres, abilities, and songwriting styles blend on-stage in real-time: nightshades assembles a jigsaw puzzle of talent in front of their audience with every performance.
Since the band's inception in early 2023, nightshades has released two EPs ('It's Not Weird', 'Yellow and Green'), and will release their full-length debut record 'Reducer' on May 31st, 2024.
nightshades is a very good friend of yours.
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'Reducer' - Album Release Concert
June 1st, 2024
Come celebrate the release of 'Reducer' at Red Bird Brewing on Saturday, June 1st, 2024!
Featuring supporting sets from local soul supernova Kailee Duggan, and Winnipeg folk-hero Amos the Kid, the evening won't just have "something for everyone", it'll be an unrelenting display of talent and creativity across multiple distinct genres of music.
nightshades set will feature the entirety of 'Reducer', a handful of favourites from our set of 2023 EPs ('It's Not Weird', 'Yellow and Green'), and a smattering of brand-new, unreleased songs.
Tickets are $20 in advance online, and $30 at the door. Be a good friend of ours - secure your spot with us on June 1st.
nightshades - 'Yellow and Green'
November 1st, 2023
In the winter of 2023, nightshades (Andrew Judah, N. Sherman, Common Fires, DL Ranney) holed up in a BC cabin to record early live-show favourites and write new songs alike. What emerged was an EP of firsts: songs were quickly written with all four members contributing, and each of the tracks were recorded live-off-the-floor in single takes.
'Maybe I Will', the band's opening song throughout their gigs in 2023, finally arrives in recorded form. Brand new material written on the recording trip, 'The Out' and 'Nervous Ghosts', represent nightshades' future in collaborative songwriting. 'Get Over' energetically repurposes solo project material.
Featuring all four members of BC's modest, yet-still "super group", 'Yellow and Green' both highlights each musician's individual abilities, and demonstrates their increasing musical chemistry with one another.
nightshades - 'It's Not Weird'
May 19th, 2023
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.
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