Summerside resident releases first track off of new album
SUMMERSIDE - A Summerside artist has been quietly working on a new musical project. Now she’s ready to share it.
As a singer/songwriter, Nikkie Gallant has released two studio albums. Her second album earned her three Music P.E.I. nominations, including songwriter of the year. She has been working with producer, multi-instrumentalist and famed songwriter Nathan Wiley to record her third record, “Subtle Motions.” The first single from the album has just been released. The new single, “Free (I Remember)” was recorded at The Nest Recording Studio, and is a first opportunity to check out her new album.
The song is the opening track of the album. At the time of writing it, Gallant was taking a P.E.I. history course and thinking about how people glorify the past in various ways.
“People often talk about the good old days,” she said, “But, in those good old days, people were struggling. Marginalized communities had little to no rights, there was a lack of good health care and the democratic process was extremely flawed.”
“I took this nugget of an idea, that sometimes nostalgia makes you blind to how the situation really was. I wrote a love song around it, reflecting on a variety of personal experiences.”
Free might come across as a happy song, but Gallant doesn’t see it that way.
“It deals with the concept of an ending that wasn’t necessarily the desired result, but at some point, we have to acknowledge that it’s needed. The ending winds up opening up room for growth and new experiences.”
The song features instrumentation by Nathan Wiley as well as backup vocals by Catherine MacLellan and Drea MacDonald.
It was recorded in Summerside,mixed by Dale Murray and mastered by J. LaPointe of Archive Mastering. “Free (I Remember)” is available on all of the music platforms.
The song can be found at www.nikkiegallant.comto listen.