No Shadows by Nathan Kawanishi

This EP is a genre-less collection of ideas we found interesting. It was written over the span of two years, in 3 different states. It culminated in a week-long writing trip in a house we rented out. My main focus was on songwriting, and I really wanted to use this project to stretch myself and grow in that aspect. TheBrewz did a great job at supporting my ideas, while bringing in concepts that were compatible with the vision I’d presented to them. In a way, both sides went into this record wanting to “direct” the other, while also holding our own ideas loosely. The guys in TheBrewz have a pretty extensive background in indie/alternative music, although they produce mostly pop, hip hop, and music for sync nowadays. I’ve been following them in their various music ventures for a decade, and one of my goals was to get them to return to their older style of writing and producing for a bit. They’ve also been following my music since I first started producing, and Chaz (from TheBrewz) was the first person to reach out to me about collaborating (even when I had 20 monthly listeners). It resulted in a really fun project, since we were both very familiar with each other’s previous work and had an idea of what we wanted the other side to bring to the table.