Songwriter Nick Arneson Announces New Album ‘Sunshine Guaranteed’ | Exclusive Premiere of ‘Holding On’
Portland based musician and producer Nick Arneson has announced the upcoming release of the new full-length album ‘Sunshine Guaranteed’. The LP is set for an October 8 release on all streaming platforms.
Arneson penned forward and honestly introspective lyrics carefully placed on top of music written over a year of uncertainty and perhaps some time at home left for the creative process. ‘Sunshine Guarantee’ pulls back the curtains, giving listeners his reflection on life along with a progressive direction artistically, as a writer and with his music production. After sharing 2020 with the rest of the world and dealing with the emotional whirlwind of divorce, he channeled all the energies into eight tracks of indie and electronic soaked emotion that leaves listeners certain that eventually, sunshine is guaranteed. The album is the follow up to his 2019 album ‘Restless’.
When describing the creative process, Nick Arneson chooses to steer clear of canned or overly optimistic PR statements. “You’re 42 and you’ve never lived alone? This should be fun. Your best work will come out of you at the tail end of a desperate late night panic attack where everything feels like it’s caving in around you and suddenly like a light in the distance a new song will vomit up from some unknown depth and scratch the maniacal itch that you didn’t know was there until it was soothed.” says Arneson.
Throughout 2020 Arneson collaborated on multiple elements of the album with producer and designer Jon Guisbert, and the results were quite impressive. Guisbert was there from the inception of the first track, collaborating on artwork, creative direction, song production and overall ideas for the concept of ‘Sunshine Guaranteed’. Guisbert speaks further on the release by saying “Nick is a true creative, and I think what I bring to the table perfectly matches his energy and goals for the album. So what you hear is really a sum of multiple forms of creativity and ideas combined, it was a blast to work together.”
His brand of indie music is soulful, dynamic, eclectic and “fucking vulnerable” as he describes. There’s nothing cryptic here, this is showing listeners that his songs like ‘Heaven Sent’ and ‘Melt the Night Away’ can slow down time, create soul touching layers of emotion, and then quickly brighten the mood with other tracks including ‘Sunshine Guaranteed’ and ‘Holding On’. Arneson combines optimism with the realities of life almost perfectly over eight tracks, and one may just leave the listening session knowing that despite the trials of life, everything will be okay. It’s normal to ride the rollercoaster of life, and it’s even better when you can get creative with it.
‘Sunshine Guaranteed’ will be released on October 8, 2021 on most streaming platforms including Spotify and Apple Music.
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