Philadelphia’s The Noisy share ‘Nightshade’, the latest single from the upcoming deluxe edition of their debut album The Secret Ingredient Is Even More Meat, out 24 October via Audio Antihero.
Sara Mae returns to their country roots with ‘Nightshade’, a confessional track full of intensity and longing.
“Nightshade” was written around the same time as “Twos” and has the same searing confessional style, but perhaps with a slightly different bent. “Nightshade” is ultimately more so asking questions of the speaker, rather than the various yous of the song. It talks about the confusion of closeness in the wake of bad relationships— how difficult it is to have normal relationships, to experience intimacy and closeness even with friends, without turning it into something more in your own head. Musically, when I first wrote it, it felt like a country song, which I was excited about because this album really started with the foundation of “Morricone” as a single. It felt full circle to nod towards country, writing the album while I lived in Knoxville, and growing up listening to Shania Twain and Carrie Underwood with my mom and dancing to country music at river bars in Maryland. “Nightshade” feels like the last of its kind, the end of an era. The next album is going in a very different and exciting direction.”
Sara Mae
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