Long-Island based alternative rocker Local Nomad has released a music video for his new single “Gates.” This is the second single to be released off of his forthcoming EP which is due out later this year under Level, a new music distribution platform in partnership with Warner Music Group specifically for independent artists. Michael Desmond a.k.a. Local Nomad shares,
“I wrote ‘Gates’ about trying to get through the age of 28 and helping my friend battle Xanax withdrawals. At the time I was gigging 6 nights a week, working a 9 to 5 and driving to New Jersey every weekend to write music with and support this friend. One day while in a session I was given an ultimatum that I could either go buy a bottle of Jack to keep the recording going, or we would stop working on music for the weekend. We bounced out the track & took a ride to the liquor store. As we pulled out of the driveway I noticed the number of my friends house was 28… the street sign was ‘Gates.’
“On our way to the liquor store I wrote the first verse and top line in my car. ‘No one knows you like I know you.’ That drive fused the chorus and verse lyrics together. A song that sounded romantic became an anthem of friendship. Ultimately this song is about trying to help someone out of a dark place and the different hurdles we need to jump to overcome hardship.”
