SONG PREMIERE: Far Shores Destroys Winter Drab With Danceable “Electric Heart”

Immaculately produced, precisely arranged, and boldly unashamed of wearing their heart (and influences) on their sleeve, on the Electric Heart EP Far Shores mines the best of 80’s synth-pop, EDM, indie rock, and R&B. While the “chillwave” movement might have had a relatively short lifespan some years back, vintage synthesizers and a retro sunny pop sound has once again been significantly desired.

The Electric Heart EP is about rolling with punches, finding your identity, rediscovering confidence and pushing yourself to do things you didn’t think you could. Composer Nate Netti was in an indie rock and roll band called A Minor Bird that did well regionally, had a few label offers, and was about to start touring. After investing countless hours and endless energy into the project, they broke up. “I always had a flood of ideas and was constantly writing but never drove the creative process; it was more of a weighted democracy” says Netti. “This band was the only thing of public acclaim I had been part of so I naturally tied my identity, and subsequently my potential for success, to it. When it ended, I was devastated. We lost not only our band but our brother-like relationships.”

Some time later, Netti began feverishly demoing and tracking, and soon had a collection of over thirty songs at hand. Netti then decided to formalize the project, Far Shores was born, and the Electric Heart EP was created. For the Electric Heart EP Netti handled the producing, most of the writing and arranging, and performed all piano, synths, drum samples, drums, percussion, and bass, as well as some back-ground vocals and guitars. Thanks to the power of technology (and Dropbox), Netti brought in some collaborations for the project without anyone actually meeting. Jeremy Steckel – Columbus, Ohio – added some guitars, Akash Negi – Akron, Ohio – added lyrics and handled some of the lead vocals, while Kevin Embleton – San Francisco, California – of the band Embleton added lyrics and lead vocals.

Glide is thrilled to premiere “Electric Heart”(below) a bouncing dream pop scenario with contagious dance hooks and a relentless joust with synths and live drums.

“It was winter time last year when I first started this track and I wanted to write something that pulled me out of that slow winter drab we all go through,” says Netti. “I also wanted an energetic track that was a killer mashup of synthetic and organic sounds so I layered blasting analog synths over pounding live drums to give the song tons of energy. I sent a demo of the track to my good friend Akash Negi who took it to the next level. He lended some incredibly hopeful lyrics and melodies to the song which really served the original purpose of pulling me out of a really low time. I hope it does the same for you.