Nathan Haines releases new single ‘Just Holdin’ On’ featuring New Zealand-based vocalist / visual artist Eo (Badcrop / The Grow Room). The single showcases the varied moods of the upcoming new album Notes.
Nathan Haines & producer Phil Asher would often include mid-tempo “listening” tracks to break up the pace of an album. With its slower tempo and chilled hip-hop beats, ‘Just Holdin’ On’ brings Eo’s laid back, soulful vocal delivery to the front, while Haines’ saxophone & flute melodies are dripping in longing and yearning.
Built around a beautiful chord progression from Michal Martyniuk on Rhodes, Nathan enlisted Marc Mac (4 Hero) to add some Visioneers-era boom bap beats, which laid the foundation for the spoken word delivery of Eo (Ethan King). The result showcases another side of Haines’ composition & production style on this album.
Notes is Haines’ 11th studio album set for release August 9.