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Montana Luv

by J. Nicolás

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Although the song is entitled “Montana Luv” and is about traveling through Montana and Idaho, fundamentally, the song is about transitions. Sometimes the biggest impediment to a transition is simply getting going, and I tried to capture this idea with the line, “the toughest part of leaving is the start.” This has applied both to my own sobriety and also with leaving relationships that weren’t healthy, and I wove this idea about transitions into a reflection about traveling through these incredibly stunning places that inspire me creatively.

I wrote Montana Luv very quickly in December 2020 after a trip to Whitefish, Montana. At the time, I had spent several months recording a completely different album, but the older songs weren’t feeling right, so I decided to change course and instead record an entirely different collection of songs that were inspired by driving and relationships and a general transition in my own life.

I recorded the album on analog tape, and I wanted it to be a quick, live recording with few overdubs. The entire project was about sincerity and honesty and rawness, and just letting the process be what it was organically without micro-managing the recording or trying to make everything perfect. I wanted an honest, sincere, simple record that sounded like some of the analog records from the early 1970s that I really fancy.

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Coming out of Flathead County
Chasing the taillights
And the 40 years I’m trying to leave behind

With Mission Mountains in my mirror
Towards a western star
The highway winds may blow this rig apart

Oh, the night
Nothing’s ever easy in the dark
The toughest part of leaving is the start
So Montana love
Go let the road un-break your heart

I stopped in Wallace, Idaho for coffee and a rest
Pulled out an old lighter from my vest
Tearing off the cellophane from a packet of cigarettes
I don’t really smoke but one’s alright I guess

Oh, the night
Nothing’s ever easy in the dark
The toughest part of leaving is the start
So Montana love
Go let the road un-break your heart

Don’t let the road
Tear you apart
Just let the road
Un-break your heart once again

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released July 30, 2021
J. Nicolás (@JNicolasMusic) (lead vocals, guitar + harmonica)
Ezza Rose (@_EzzaRose_) (harmony vocals)
Peter Burak (@PeteSteely) (pedal steel)
Allen Hunter (@AAHunter62) (bass)
Sydney Nash (@TheSoundIsRound) (piano + organ)
Joe Mengis (@JoeMengis) (drums)
Tobias Berblinger (@TobiasPanton) (sound recording engineer)
Singing Sands (@SingingSandsPdx) (recording studio)
J. Nicolás (@JNicolasMusic) (producer)
Amy Dragon (@Amy_Dragon) (mastering technician)

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J. Nicolás Portland, Oregon

For Portland songwriter J. Nicolás, the open road isn’t the fast-paced, monotonous tapestry seen so often in the road-weary artist. Instead, it is a quiet place, a deliberate place. Wild Oak, which he wrote largely while behind the steering wheel, feels like late night driving: an effortless Folk-Americana soundtrack for the final hours of a day. ... more

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