Without slowing down, ‘The Weight’ by Nixon Tate passes through all life’s obstacles, keeping its cold mind and ardent heart.
Nixon Tate – The Weight
‘The Weight’ is the first single from Nixon Tate’s second EP, which is due for release early in 2023. His debut single ‘Let Love Hold You’ was played on OJ Borg’s show on Radio 2, John Kennedy’s X-Posure on Radio X, Amazing Radio and BBC Introducing Stoke’s ‘Record of the Week’.
The monotonous count of the metronome, the bass guitar part enters. It is so overloaded that it even begins to ring in the headphones as if shooting electric charges fly from one ear to the other. The musicians keep rhythm and tension in check by excitingly and quietly stamping their feet on the parquet. They are so full of groove that the song to the chorus starts to boil from its quantity. These guys are definitely ready to rock.
‘The Weight’ is a self-sufficient and ironic reflection that marks a cheerful return to the ranks after a sharp departure from the rut. It describes the summing up of relationships, their rethinking and a look from the outside, that very exquisite moment in its own way, when resentment and depression seem to have not yet passed, but nevertheless, you are already looking at things soberly and gradually picking up your usual pace.
“The Weight is about the hangover over of emotions that linger around after a relationship ends… a basic processing of the finality of it all.” Nixon Tate
Starting with a smaller and moving to a much wider move and reaching the climax, the song is playing “hot potato” with the listener all the time, throwing him catchiness, cockiness and heavily cheerful rhythm with blues and rock-n-roll influences. And although it feels some bitterness or even languor and fatigue from all the experiences that the author had to go through and the emotions from which he put into the performance, The Weight does not lose heart at all, cheering the listener and making them pull themselves together, not letting them fall to the floor under the pressure of torment.
“The Weight is a hymn to inner freedom, a glimmer of light after long days of darkness.”
These are percussion with notes of sharpness, optimistic and flowing winds, rock-like bold and impulsively dreamy guitars, heavy and thick bass and thoughtfully piercing vocals that will definitely not let you drown in the seas of your own despondency. Its severity, loftiness above everyday life and friendliness to the listener will definitely not make them bored while listening, and then maybe even keep them company with a good theme on the way to new aspirations.
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