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mnys
12+ albums
synthpopindie poppop punkpure noise records
about
Nick Cozine had never had a panic attack before. He knew what they were, of course, but until he moved to Los Angeles a little over a year ago, he’d never experienced one for himself and had no idea just how frightening, overwhelming and debilitating they can be. To some degree, however, it happening was a blessing in disguise, because it helped kickstart the 30-year-old producer/musician to start focusing more on his own songs, drawing from that awful experience to write “Night Terrors.” Gentle but full of an understated urgency, the song’s infectious guitar loop combines with his beautiful, fragile vocals to capture how he felt when it happened. It’s an emotive retelling of what he went through that pulls you right into the depth of that darkness. “It almost felt like a small bout of psychosis,” Cozine recalls. “It was so terrifying. I remember thinking I was going to die that night. I woke up and had a writing session that day, but I wasn’t even sure if I could do it. Luckily, it was with one of my closest co-writers, so I decided to just sense it out and see how it went. I put on this guitar loop and we talked about what I’d just experienced, because I’d never in my life gone through anything like that.” Some two or three hours later, the song was complete, and with it, a new chapter in Cozine’s musical career began. It’s much more personal and vulnerable than anything he’d done before, but it also takes into account the depth of experience he’s gained from co-writing w
