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The band was formed as a result of Lyle and McEwan meeting during a co-writing workshop in 2012 in North Hollywood, CA. [2] [3] Inspired in part by the score for Drive, and the retro synth genre growing around its release, [3] the pair wrote two singles, "WeMoveForward" and "Gloria", that would be released two years later in 2014 as part of their debut EP titled Days of Thunder.
The album deals with themes of romance, lost love and nostalgia within a backdrop of 1980s-style synthwave. [5] In an interview with Icon vs Icon, the band confirmed that Monsters is a thematic continuation of their previous album Kids, focusing on adolescence, closeness and alienation from the perspective of a teenager.
The Midnight Band would later be featured on following Scott-Heron albums, assisting in production and back-up instrumentation. The songs on The First Minute of a New Day, which feature themes ranging from spirituality ("Offering") to revolution ("The Liberation Song") and oppression ("Winter in America"), contain jazz melodies by the Midnight ...
The album includes songs that are influenced by hair metal bands and heavy metal, specifically Def Leppard and Mutt Lange. [4] The band confirmed the album was a follow-up to their 2020 album Monsters, which is also part of a trilogy of albums starting with their 2018 release Kids.
"Johannesburg" is a song by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, with music provided by the Midnight Band. It is the first track on Scott-Heron and Jackson's collaborative album From South Africa to South Carolina, released in November 1975 through Arista Records.
Crandall said the band enjoyed a small uptick in their social media visits last week after someone sitting with Swift in an Arrowhead suite was also photographed wearing a Midnight Rodeo hat.
Killer Mike will hit the road in July for an extensive North American solo tour in support of his upcoming solo album, MICHAEL. The High & Holy trek begins July 10 in Birmingham, Al., and will ...
The band was started by Benjamin brothers Vaughn (vocals) and Ron (keyboard, but later switched to bass) circa 1989 according to an interview with one of the former Midnite drummer Ambrose "Amby" Connor by Midnight Raver. Vaughn and Ron invited Joseph Straws, Jr. to be their bassist and Dion "Bosie" Hopkins was the original drummer.