Today, Nick Leng shares a music video for his new single, “Morning/Midnight,” directed by Josh Sondock. The video was inspired by Mountain Goats’ “Woke Up New” video, whcih was directed by Rian Johnson. “Morning/Midnight” is part of Nick’s brand new double-single featuring B-Side “My Mind is a Mess in the Morning.” Both tracks are out now via SOTA Records.
Speaking on the two new tracks, Nick wrote the following:
“I’ve always had trouble writing quotes that summarize songs. It feels like the words can put songs in boxes, and possibly snuff out any personal interpretation a listener might have. In a similar way, when I was finished with ‘My Mind is a Mess in the Morning,’ and was thinking about releasing it as a single, it really excited me to pair it with ‘Morning/Midnight.’ They’re equally important to me, and, one might say, quite different. together, I felt like they painted a better picture of what I’m trying to say.
‘My Mind is a Mess in the Morning’ was written while I was living in Topanga in a trailer park which, subsequently, (and arguably hilariously) became rat infested prompting a hasty departure. ‘Morning/Midnight’ was started there as well one late night when I was chopping up a classical piano improvisational piece I had recorded, on a sampler. There’s a video on my Instagram of me playing the melodica in the intro in the morning and the sun peeked through that ended up in the final version. I had considered dividing that intro, with the chopped piano and the ‘second part’ when the beat comes in, into two songs, but the journey of the intro, and duality and sensation of when the bass and kick comes in, had a real story to it that it cemented the conviction that it’s one idea.”Last fall, Leng shared a new live LP, LEMONS – Live From Drive In OC. The live LP followed Leng’s successful 2020 debut album LEMONS.
