We are immeasurably honoured to premiere the new single ‘Love Is Only What We Are’ from multi-instrumentalist and producer Matthew Nowhere. Set afloat in a star filled expanse with crystalline guitars piercing the skies on a bed of bubbling aquatic synths, this is a glorious track: cinematic and threaded through with melancholia as any good pop song should be.
If comparisons must be made, there is an undeniable genetic thread to bands like Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and that rich thread of synth bands from the eighties: creating layered soundscapes in which you can lose yourself as if in a float tank.
The lyrics evoke a certain sense of aching beauty:
Make it empty and fill it to the top now
Shining this light into empty space
This void it’s never been nothing
It’s always been your true face
The ingrained sense of yearning – exquisite and profound – is certainly reflected in the track. Nowhere says:
This song is really about longing… the deep and sometimes indescribable yearning we all have for love, for real authentic connection. It’s interesting – my job as an artist is to try and harness that longing, and give it shape, sounds, texture. The chorus is then an affirmation that actually, that longing is not a need or a lack… it’s actually a seed that carries with it the possibility of growing into exactly the love we are looking for.
This seeps through every note. The track comes with a video which according to Nowhere incorporates the themes:
In the video, I play with this idea as well. The black and white images of seeds in the first part of the song later blossom into these vivid, colorful, moving flowers. A similar idea is expressed by how inside of the black and white imagery of me singing, there is also this full color version, moving around, roiling, longing to escape and express.
The result is something that is ethereal and evocative:
This is an epic and majestic slice of electronic pop: lush and rich and as expansive as the rich blue skies over California. ‘Love Is Only What We Are’ is out soon and will be available via all the usual downloading and streaming sites and here.
Originally from the San Francisco Area, Matthew Nowhere has been a staple in the local Kirtan (Indian devotional folk music) scene since the early 2000s, while simultaneously developing his own eclectic sound. He has mostly been interested in creating art for art’s sake, and sharing with a small group of friends, family, and fans Now, he has embarked on a new journey, driven by a passion to connect in a deeper way, and he has begun to share his deeply authentic music with a growing audience. He currently resides in Nevada County, California, nestled into the evergreen forests of the Sierra Foothills.
