#Nick Rattigan

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Current Joys — East My Love (Secretly Canadian)

Nicholas Rattigan has been performing as Current Joys since 2013, in a variety of different ways: pulse-y bedroom-recorded electronic pop, bucolic acoustic songwriter folk and a noisy, beat-driven pair of records called Love + Pop and Love + Pop 2. None of that would prepare you, especially, for his latest work, an angsty and full-throated album of country rock that significantly ups both the production quality and the intensity of Rattigan’s work.   

His ragged voice flutters over strumming and strings in the opener “Echoes of the Past,” infusing a full-band ramble with a restless punk-ish energy. It reminded me immediately of the Swedish alt.folk band Amandine, one of my favorites from that era for its beauty and quiet desperation.

From there, the disc turns sweepingly, epically pop with the single, “California Rain,” the song all roll and swell, bashing drums, erupting guitars and thick swathes of string sound. The other single, “Tormenta” is more restrained, building tension with clamped guitar chords and a warbled, angst filled melody. But it too gathers for a leap at the chorus, kicking the drums in a moment before the refrain, “But you’ll always be my favorite storm,” begins.

There are a few endearingly odd moments on East My Love, which make more sense after you’ve heard Rattigan’s home-taped albums and cassettes. For instance, “Never Seen a Rose,” filters his voice through a quieting scrim but doesn’t dial back the energy; it sounds like he’s whispering as hard as he can. Rattigan also covers Simon & Garfunkle’s “Feelin’ Groovy” at the end in the loosest, most uninhibited fashion. He gets an especial kick out of the line, “dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep.” He tries and stumbles with the phrase at the opening, then nailed it triumphantly near the end, and the imperfection somehow reinforces the song’s giddy vibe. East My Love is mostly sleek and accomplished, but there’s a nervy, ragged home recorder in there underneath, and he peeks out at the album’s best moments.

Jennifer Kelly

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I Love Nick ❤ :)

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You Broke My Heart by Current Joys (formerly TELE/VISIONS) from the album Wild Heart

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I’ve been so busy being alive lately and I changed phones to old Samsung so I barely take photos but I’m still in this bitch! My blog lives on 😘

[marederia]

☞About Nick Rattigan and great dances

Nick was TELE/VISIONS who then turned into Current Joys, and who I just discovered is also part of Surf Curse. 10/10 all around.

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"Sometimes the best songs come from the darkest moments.

It's where I find inspiration to create something beautiful out of pain."

(Nicolas Rattigan)

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I never use my brain I only use my heart And my imagination

Kids, Nick Rattigan

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Ella Rattigan by © Nick Tsirogiannidis

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ur underestimating my ability to listen to the same song on repeat all day for the rest of my life

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shuichi listens to current joys

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He has like a schoolgirl crush on this woman and he talks about her and both of her podcasts constantly

One of my dad’s most central personality traits is being a Guitar Rock Fan

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songs I relate to neil !!

(disclaimer: these are all probably sad + it’s a really long list sorry)

making the bed by olivia rodrigo

pink pony club by chappell roan

bigger than the whole sky by taylor swift

I bet on losing dogs by mitski

I know it won’t work by gracie abrams

my tears ricochet by taylor swift

mirrorball by taylor swift

this is me trying by taylor swift

the lakes by taylor swift

no body, no crime by taylor swift

you’re on your own, kid by taylor swift

midnight rain by taylor swift

family line by conan gray

mastermind by taylor swift

matilda by harry styles

bigger than the whole sky by taylor swift

anatomy by kenzie

what was I made for? by billie eilish

so long, london by taylor swift

I can do it with a broken heart by taylor swift

fortnight by taylor swift

the smallest man who ever lived by taylor swift

I hate it here by taylor swift

end of beginning by djo

vienna by billy joel

you’re gonna go far by noah kahan

out of touch by daryl hall & john oates

scared of my guitar by olivia rodrigo

don’t dream it’s over by crowded house

can’t catch me now by olivia rodrigo

all too well by taylor swift

night changes by taylor swift

1 step forward, 3 steps back by olivia rodrigo

story of my life by one direction

sign of the times by harry styles

scott street by phoebe bridgers

I love you, I’m sorry by gracie abrams

tv by billie eilish

piano man by billy joel

capital loss by gigi perez

pretty isn’t pretty by olivia rodrigo

the subway by chappell roan

heaven knows I’m miserable now by the smiths

this night has opened my eyes by the smiths

seven by taylor swift

daddy issues by the neighbourhood

teenage dream by olivia rodrigo

iris by goo goo dolls

winner by conan gray

everything I wanted by billie eilish

wicked game by chris isaak

the cut that always bleeds by conan gray

kids by nick rattigan

the prophecy by taylor swift

nda by billie eilish

vampire empire by big thief

your best american girl by mitski

symphonia ix by nick rattigan

no surprises by radiohead

favourite crime by olivia rodrigo

exile by taylor swift

the last great american dynasty by taylor swift

fourth of july by sufjan stevens

army dreamers by kate bush

half return by adrienne lenker

pretend by alex_g_offline

wasted summers by juju<3

waiting room by phoebe bridgers

I know the end by phoebe bridgers

half a person by the smiths

first love/late spring by mitski

the grudge by olivia rodrigo

gilded lily by cults

I don’t smoke by mitski

holidays by conan gray

vincent by don mclean

knockin’ on heavens door by bob dylan

everyone wants to rule the world by tears for fears

forever young by alphaville

please, please, please, let me get what I want by the smiths

hey jude by the beatles

no surprises by radiohead

boys don’t cry by the cure

beautiful boy by john lennon

that joke isn’t funny anymore by the smiths

funeral by phoebe bridgers

don’t try suicide by queen

my life by billy joel

all the young dudes by mott the hoople

falling by harry styles

sign of the times by harry styles

little freak by harry styles

love of my life by harry styles

songs kinda about neil from todd’s pov !!

francis forever by mitski

mr. loverman by ricky montgomery

this is me trying by taylor swift

ur so pretty by wasia project

the lakes by taylor swift

the exit by conan gray

I miss you, I’m sorry by gracie abrams

back to december by taylor swift

birds of a feather by billie eilish

wildflower by billie eilish

haunted by taylor swift

who’s afraid of little old me? by taylor swift

loml by taylor swift

right where you left me by taylor swift

cool about it by boygenius

k by cigarettes after sex

this love by taylor swift

fade into you by mazzy star

astronomy by conan gray

angel eyes by abba

strange by celeste

fine line by harry styles

christmas kids by roar

all I wanted by paramore

sunsetz by cigarettes after sex

I wait for you by alex_g_offline

reflections by the neighbourhood

nobody by mitski

cool about it by boygenius

anything by adrienne lenker

break by alex_g_offline

someday I’ll get it by alek olsen

blue hair by tv girl

cigarettes out the window by tv girl

blondie by current joys

remember that night? by sara kays

once more to see you by mitski

I want you by mitski

astronomy by conan gray

lover you should’ve come over by jeff buckley

slipping through my fingers by abba

don’t you forget about me by simple minds

as it was by harry styles

songs I related to neil and todd

casual by chappell roan

close to you by gracie abrams

guilty as sin? by taylor swift

smile by sabrina carpenter

set fire to the rain by adele

suddenly I see by kt tunstall

dive by olivia dean

bags by clairo

picture you by chappell roan

sailor song by gigi perez

rolling in the deep by adele

ocean eyes by billie eilish

somethin’ stupid by frank and nancy sinatra

watch by billie eilish

I love you by billie eilish

about you by the 1975

21 by gracie abrams

satellite by harry styles

blue by billie eilish

look after you by the fray

dream by fleetwood mac

I wanna be your by arctic monkeys

labyrinth by taylor swift

my love mine all mine by mitski

not a lot, just forever by adrienne lenker

velvet ring by big thief

always forever by cults

there is a light that never goes out by the smiths

head over heals by tears for fears

hey lover by the daughters of eve

keep driving by harry styles

if you’ve made it this far please share songs you relate to neil/todd/anderperry!! <33

@fruityeleonora

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Blade Running by TELE/VISIONS (AKA Current Joys) from the album Wild Heart

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Nick Rattigan, Current Joys.

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I'm not a violent dog, I don't know why I bite

Grit by Silas Denver Melvin / @moriphyte / Breaking Bad 2x13, ABQ / Dream SMP, Wilbur Is Revived / Breaking Bad 3x7, One Minute / @.Quilbe / Breaking Bad 4x12, End Times / The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls by Emilie Autumn /  @.Quilbe / Breaking Bad 5x16, Felina / A Different Age by Nick Rattigan