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Night Riders

from Viva Chi Vede by The Soft Hills

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about

“Night Riders” is musically based on an alternative guitar tuning that Joni Mitchell used. The lyrics were inspired by nighttime bike rides my friend and I used to go on. We had started a bicycle ‘gang’ called the JMWs. It wasn’t actually a gang; we called it a gang as a joke. We had discovered this wilderness area along the city limits and would take our bikes out on crazy adventures. Some wild things happened out there. For instance, one night we saw an unexplainable light in the sky shoot down and fly right over our heads! We met some strange and mysterious cats out there. Riding at night and exploring the wilderness gave us an incredible sense of freedom. It was like becoming a child again. Medicine for the soul.

lyrics

you drink from the moon, an unexpected flight
a river of jewels flowing from your side
you jump form the roof and reach for the prize

through the night we ride
such a soft surprise
now the walls grow thin
feel the summer wind
just one light
just one light

as flames fill your head, there’s nothing left to fear
your pale cheeks all wet from buckets full of tears
you rise from the dead

credits

from Viva Chi Vede, released July 22, 2022
George Madrid: pedal steel. Anthony Shadduck: upright bass. Garrit Tillman: drums. Garrett Hobba: guitar, keys, and vocals.

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The Soft Hills Los Angeles, California

LA-based project The Soft Hills create a visceral take on soft-psych indie rock, calling to mind the hypnotic melancholy of the Red House Painters as well as contemporaries like Grizzly Bear or Radiohead.

Songwriter Garrett Hobba started the project in Seattle in 2007. The band, which involves a rotating door of friends and musicians, has toured several times through the US and Europe.
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