Single of the Day - Lights/Svoboda by Nick Hudson

Nick Hudson is a singer-songwriter from Brighton whose dark-wave electronica, rock-rap, baroque-rock and goth-rock evokes a sense of melodrama and emotional intensity that percolates, pulsates and ponders within the dark realms of industrial rock. As an artist, Hudson has previously collaborated with Wayne Hussey (The Mission) and Matthew Seligman (Bowie, Tori Amos, Morrissey), members of Kayo Dot, David Tibet (Current 93), Asva and Queercore icon GB Jones. With his band, The Academy Of Sun, Hudson has collaborated with Massive Attack’s Shara Nelson and toured with Mogwai, Toby Driver and Keith Abrams (Kayo Dot), and Timba Harris (Mr Bungle, Amanda Palmer).

Following the success of his debut solo EP “K69996ROMA:EP”, released in September 2021, and success of his album “The Quiet Earth” (2020) and double-A single, It Is Finished When It’s Destroyed and Ghost Foxes, with his band The Academy of Sun, Hudson has released a charity track “Lights/Svoboda”. Translated as “Lights/Freedom’, “Lights/Svoboda” is a humane response to the Ukraine crisis, where all proceeds of the track will go directly to the Ukraine Fund.

Accompanied by the singer/multi-instrumentalist Kianna Blue, Lights/Svoboda is a hauntingly beautiful track, whose poignant lyrics tap into the psyche of the current political climate. Thought-provoking and introspective, Lights/Svoboda is dystopian poetry that captures the mood, gloom and sorrow of these dark days. Through his rich baritone tones and solemn delivery, Hudson evokes a sense of drama, that amplifies the melancholic motif.

Along with the pensive piano and ethereal backing vocals, Lights/Svoboda drifts along the eerie embankments of baroque rock, whilst dipping its toes in the distant shores of neo-classicism. Through the sonic spree of space-synths, Lights/Svoboda takes a prog-rock U-Turn that once again showcases the theatrical presence of Hudson, which is simultaneously intense and quirky. Like a true artist, Hudson creates music that is cinematically crafted, politically aware and emotionally driven, that is singed with a ubiquitous sense of sentiment and heightened sensitivity.

Lights/Svoboda is released on 5th March 2022

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CREDITS
Written, arranged and produced by Nick Hudson.
Piano, voice, Faemi M1, melodica – Nick Hudson
Bass, backing vocals – Kianna Blue
Piano and voice recorded at Church Road Studios by Paul Pascoe.
Everything else recorded between Manchester and Brighton.
Mastered by Ian D. Breen/Yas Kween.
Slavi Ukraini, Geroyam Slavi, Putin Khuylo.

Photos by Wolfgang Dubien