New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Nick van Hofwegen, musician and visual artist known as Young & Sick, has released a brand new single, "No Static," the title track and 1st single from an upcoming No Static EP set for release this year via B3SCI Records. The track is available everywhere now here + see a visualizer for the track as wellhere.
Debuting today with The FADER, "No Static" is a dreamy slice of disco-laced pop which Nick describes as, "...a song about how hard it is to follow your own advice at times. How difficult it proves to be to do the right thing all the time, even if your compass is steady. I hear you loud and clear all love, no static..."
Following a run of shows at SXSW 2018, Young & Sick has also announced a pair of upcoming Los Angeles & NYC headline dates. The shows will mark his first U.S. headline performances in 4 years and he will play alongside an indie supergroup of artists including Erin Fein (Psychic Twin), Dusty Ineman (Gardens & Villa), and Judah Nagler (The
Velvet Teen). He will also play a headline performance at Celsius festival in Campo Mosqueda, MX.
Jul 25 // Los Angeles, CA @ Moroccan Lounge
Aug 16 // NYC, NY @ Elsewhere (Zone 1)
Sep 22 // Campo Mosqueda, MX. @ Celsius
Music Festival
Nick was also recently handpicked (along with Sofi Tukker) to remix track "Dad Hair" on stand-up comic
Brandon Wardell's new ASMR comedy album. Listen here. The release, which is the first-ever ASMR comedy album, is out today via producer Ricky Reed's Nice Life label.
"No Static" marks the first original release since January's Ojai EP, which you can purchase on limited edition 7" vinyl here. His first body of work since his 2014 debut album, the EP was a reintroduction to Young & Sick's music and visual artistry, which NYLON detailed in an in-depth profile here. Released last fall, single "Ojai" debuted a fresh musical chapter, sowing Nick's recent travels through the American South with his European roots. The track was released alongside an original flip-book visual and was also featured in an Apple Watch ad here. He followed "Ojai" with a funky fresh cover of Fleetwood Mac's timeless 1977 classic "
Dreams" alongside a moving visual here and then rounded out the EP with single "The Road," a track further embodying the sentiment of Nick's travels through smalltown America.
Born in southern Holland, Nick attempted the traditional route of art through design school. Its cookie-cutter leanings led him to drop out in his first year and, at 20, he quit his 9-5 at a car parts factory in rural Holland and moved to London where, by a crux of fate, comedian Andy Dick came across a piece of his art. Nick's friend Mark had introduced them about a week prior. Suddenly, Nick had his first client. Shortly after, Mark's own band-a then little-known outfit by the name of Foster the People-asked Nick to do the artwork for their debut album Torches in 2011.
