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Portland’s Nite Hike Debuts Video for Dreamy Psychedelic Track “Nearest, Safest Star”

dead by day
blue by nite and
incomplete
wondering the
nearest, safest star away from ours

Portland, Oregon’s Nite Hike, the luminescent solo project from musician Christian Hurd, releases a new video for Nearest, Safest Star. The celestial track has a lovely psychedelic 70s vibe reminiscent of a long-lost Alan Parsons Project tune, infused with infectious disco-funk and soaring guitar. It’s got a killer hook, hypnotic vocals, and emits uniquely charming nostalgia, with a bittersweet message.  At once a flight of fancy and a slap of reality, Hurd’s lyrics weave a delicate balance of existence.

“This song is about the relationship between dream state and cosmic fantasy,” Hurd explains. “It’s also about escaping to a Goldilocks planet and realizing that the sun is still hot when you get there.”

Hurd makes his debut as a director here with a dreamy DIY video for the track. Hurd is depicted writing music in an isolated room, dreaming out the window, and creating – a document of the very dream state most artists in limbo experience at the moment. The long cross-fades are a throwback to the videos of the very early 1980s, reinforcing the oeuvre of the time-bending track.

Watch Nite Hike’s Nearest, Safest Star below.

Find more music from Nite Hike here.

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Alice Teeple

Alice Teeple is a photographer, multidisciplinary artist, and writer. She is not in Tin Machine.

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