If you asked me for a moment
If you told me as a friend
That I’m going on
I’m going on alone
In the shadow of the moonlight
As a ghost upon the road
And I’m going on
I’m going on alone
Faces in the leaves
Speak with voices we perceive not
And the rivers cut the land
For the beautiful and damned oh
But it’s on my mind
And it’s in the trees
At night
But it’s on my mind
And it’s in the trees
At night
I don’t want to be a lion
And I never was a lamb
Is my heart beating
Or just a hologram
Faces in the leaves
Speak with voices we perceive not
And the rain waters the land
For the lowly and the grand oh
But it’s on my mind
And it’s in the trees
At night
But it’s on the wind
And it’s in the limbs
At night
If there were ever an aural argument for noise-canceling headphones, it might be “Trees at Night,” the new single from Phoenix, Arizona’s Fine China.
“I grew up listening to oddball New Age records that my parents were into, things like Mannheim Steamroller’s ‘Fresh Aire,’ Andreas Vollenweider, and the Windham Hill samplers,” Fine China founder and frontman Rob Withem said. “I always liked the ones with the sounds of nature blended in. Those tracks made me feel like I was someplace else. I had always wanted to find a way to integrate the weird ambiance that these types of artists achieved with the pure pop music that I make.”
The single opens by fading into those “sounds of nature” accompanied by a synth harp before it gives way to an ‘80s-esque drumbeat and bassline. It’s New Age meets New Wave.
The result is an immersive experience that works as the soundtrack to a day wandering a local downtown, blasting from a car stereo on a drive across the desert, or just sitting on the couch with the lights out, vinyl spinning and headphones on. Noise-canceling headphones.
The single was originally released digitally in March 2020 to coincide with a tour opening for The Ocean Blue. But while the pandemic scuttled that run, “Trees at Night” found new life thanks to a remix by Bob Hoag (The Ataris) and will be released on July 8 as a 12”-vinyl single from Velvet Blue Music. Two instrumental pieces join the title track, “Eyes at Night” and the three-movement “Eyes at Dawn.”
“I was always drawn to the songs with nature sounds, songs that had a setting in which they existed,” Withem said. “With ‘Trees at Night,’ I wanted to combine that approach with pure pop music, so that the song not only is a song, but it lives in a place.”
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Jason's three latest projects have been filled with inspiration and career highlights; I think Life In Bed might be one of his best tracks. Vanity as a whole is on a constant high level quality wise, and I think it really shows an artist's greatness when they are able to create art like this so deep into their journey. Christian Andersson
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this whole album took me back to 1995 where I felt truly alive, the whole vibe, the shoegaze perfected and even reinvented it. this what I consider a true classic that reminded me most about my life the 90s was great but something about 1995. whole album is music too my ears. danboon
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I’m so late to the party on finding this record. How I missed it, I do not know. It’s fantastic! Wonderfully moody, beautifully written and composed. It just a great record and one we need another one of from these guys. Favorite tracks are Bring Me Home and Some People. An album you can put on repeat all day and week. greymattered333