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Jupiter Winter
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Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Pop |
Years active | 2016-present |
Members | Lelia Broussard
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Jupiter Winter is an American music duo consisting of singer-songwriter Lelia Broussard and producer/multi-instrumentalist Royce Whittaker. They are based out of Los Angeles, California.[1]
Formed in late 2016, Jupiter Winter gained initial exposure by touring alongside Canadian pop-rock band Marianas Trench and released their first single Resistance in February 2017.[2] Five more singles were released throughout 2020 and 2021: Come Back, Lifetime, Atmosphere, Coming Of Age, and Seen.[3] In May 2024, Oh My God was released and is the group's latest single.[4]
Broussard joined The Midnight as a touring member beginning with the Fall 2019 tour, and Whittaker would later join as well in 2020 for The Midnight Online concert special. Jupiter Winter was featured on The Midnight's song Monsters, which Broussard co-wrote and sang vocals on. Broussard and Whittaker also contributed to the writing and production of The Midnight's fifth album Heroes.
Members
Lelia Broussard
Lelia Elizabeth Broussard (born May 24, 1989)[5] is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, she and her family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when she was 10 years old.[6] Around this time, Broussard started playing the guitar and began writing songs. To gain exposure, she regularly performed at open-mic events around the city.
Broussard self-released her first album Louisiana Soul in 2004.[7][8] Her next album, Lil-yah, came in 2005.[9][10] When she was 17, Broussard moved to New York City and began performing in clubs. She inked a publishing deal and lived in Los Angeles for a few years before returning to New York.
A successful Kickstarter campaign led to the release of Broussard's album Masquerade in 2010.[6] In 2011, she was the runner-up in Rolling Stone magazine's "Choose the Cover" contest and appeared with her band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. In 2012, Broussard was a contestant on the third season of The Voice, winning a spot on Team Blake after auditioning with her rendition of We Can Work It Out by The Beatles.[11]
In 2013, Broussard formed the indie rock band Secret Someones with Bess Rogers, Hannah Winkler, and Zach Jones.[12] They released their debut self-titled album in 2015 through the label Cherrytree Records.[13] In early 2016, the band announced an indefinite hiatus.[14] Later in the year, she formed Jupiter Winter with Royce Whittaker.[1]
Broussard began touring with The Midnight as a guitarist and vocalist during the Fall 2019 Tour and has performed live with the band ever since. In addition to collaborating on the song Monsters, she co-wrote the songs Heroes and Heart Worth Breaking from The Midnight's 2022 release, Heroes.
Royce Whittaker
Royce Alexander Whittaker (born April 3, 1991) is a Canadian music producer, guitarist, and sound technician.[15] Hailing from Vancouver, his father was a musician and as such Whittaker was exposed to making music from a young age. At the age of 17, Whittaker began to write music and play guitar in a band, touring across Canada. From 2012-2014, he was a member of the Canadian metal band Incura.[16][17][18]
Beginning in 2015, Whittaker worked as a guitar and sound tech for the band Marianas Trench, and toured extensively across the US and Canada with the band.[15] In 2017, he joined the sound engineering company Electronic Creatives and began working as a playback engineer, touring with artists such as Ariana Grande, Mariah Carey and Megan Thee Stallion.
In 2016, Whittaker partnered with Lelia Broussard to form Jupiter Winter. He is the main producer and instrumentalist in the group.
In 2019 Whittaker reunited with Marianas Trench, playing guitar, keys, and singing background vocals for the band as they toured the US, Canada, and Europe. He continues to work as a playback engineer for some of the world's top artists.
Whittaker first joined The Midnight as a guitarist during The Midnight Online, and was part of the band during the Fall dates of the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Tour. He rejoined the band for Change Your Heart Tour and has remained a part of the tour lineup ever since. Whittaker co-wrote the songs Brooklyn. Friday. Love., Heartbeat, Heroes, Heart Worth Breaking, Aerostar, and Souvenir on the The Midnight's 2022 release, Heroes. He additionally contributed to the co-production and vocal production of the album.
Contributions to songs by The Midnight
- Monsters - featured artist, co-writer (Broussard), vocals (Broussard)
- Change Your Heart or Die - guitar (Whittaker)
- Heartbeat - co-writer (Whittaker)
- Brooklyn. Friday. Love. - co-writer (Whittaker)
- Heart Worth Breaking - co-writers
- Aerostar - co-writer (Whittaker)
- Heroes - co-writers
- Souvenir - co-writer (Whittaker)
- Land Locked Heart - co-writer (Whittaker)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jupiter Winter on Twitter". Twitter. September 1, 2016. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
- ↑ "Facebook". Facebook. February 2, 2017. Archived from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ↑ "Music | Jupiter Winter". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ↑ "Oh My God - Jupiter Winter - Deezer". Deezer. May 17, 2024. Archived from the original on May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ↑ "Lelia Broussard on Twitter: "Happy Birthday to me!" / Twitter". Twitter. May 24, 2012. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Lafayette native Lelia Broussard a finalist to appear on Rolling Stone's cover | Music | nola.com". Nola.com. June 28, 2011. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ↑ Wright, Dennis (September 3, 2004). "Soloists return to borough – The Mercury". The Mercury. Archived from the original on June 20, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Louisiana Soul - Lelia Broussard | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". All Music. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ↑ "Lil Yah - Lelia Broussard | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". All Music. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ↑ "Lelia Broussard – (lil•yah) (2005, CD) - Discogs". Discogs. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ↑ Franklin, Mark (October 1, 2012). "Meet Lelia Broussard of Team Blake on The Voice | Idol Chatter & Voice Views". Idol Chatter & Voice Views. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ↑ "Secret Someones on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ↑ "Secret Someones – Secret Someones (2015, CD)". Discogs. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ↑ "Secret Someones on Facebook". Facebook. January 9, 2016. Archived from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Meet Royce Whittaker - Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide". VoyageLA. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ↑ "Incura EP - a Single or EP release by INCURA artist / band". Proggnosis. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ↑ Bansal, Andrew (March 18, 2013). "Interview: Incura Guitarist Royce Whittaker Talks Debut Album, Influences and More | Guitar World". Guitar World. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ↑ "Royce Whittaker - Relationships - MusicBrainz". Musicbrainz. Archived from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
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Royce Whittaker
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Land Locked Heart
"Land Locked Heart" | ||||
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Single by The Midnight | ||||
from the album Road 96: Mile 0 (Video Game Soundtrack) | ||||
Released | February 23, 2023 | |||
Length | 3:23 | |||
Label | The Midnight Music | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Tim McEwan | |||
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Land Locked Heart[1][2] is song by The Midnight. It was released on February 23, 2023, as a single from the video game soundtrack Road 96: Mile 0.
The song was written by band members Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle along with Royce Whittaker and produced by McEwan. It has a running time of three minutes and 23 seconds and is in the key of G minor. The electric guitar on Land Locked Heart was performed by Whittaker.
Lyrics
Maybe I left here a long time ago
And neither of us knew it
Would they say I've lost the plot
Would you say I blew it
Thought I found a way back home
And now I'm looking through it
After all this time spent gone
I think I just outgrew it
Empty out my bedroom
Throw all that stuff away
All I'm taking with me now is a blank slate
'Cause these days are too short
To live a whole life through
In this land-locked,
In this land-locked heart with you
Maybe I left here a long time ago
And maybe we both knew it
Maybe this could've been heaven
But the weeds just grew right through it
So what is left of paradise
Out beyond it's edges
Empty lights, sunset skies
Over the empty hedges
Were we supposed to waste away
Empty out my bedroom
Throw all that stuff away
All I'm taking with me now is a blank slate
'Cause these days are too short
To live a whole life through
In this land-locked,
In this land-locked heart with youLyrics source[2]
Official versions
References
- ↑ "the midnight on Twitter". Twitter. February 22, 2023. Archived from the original on February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Land Locked Heart (from Road 96: Mile 0) | The Midnight". Bandcamp. February 23, 2023. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
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Nocturnal
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Released | October 13, 2017 | |||
Genre | Synthwave | |||
Length | 42:20 | |||
Label | The Midnight Music | |||
Producer | Tim McEwan | |||
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Nocturnal is the second album by The Midnight. It was released independently by the band on October 13, 2017.[1] Crystalline was the lone single to release from the album.
Background and composition
The first hint of new music from The Midnight after the August 2016 release of Endless Summer was a snippet Tim McEwan posted to social media in December that same year.[2] The snippet had a title of Comet and featured McEwan as the vocalist, which would have been the first time since Synthetic that a song with his vocals was on a The Midnight release. Ultimately, Comet did not end up making the then-unknown album but was promised by McEwan to be released one day. The song was eventually included on the 5 Year Anniversary Edition reissue of Endless Summer.
In February 2017, a video of Nikki Flores singing to an unidentified song (which would turn out to be Light Years) was shared by the band.[3] McEwan shared in early March that he was en route to New York City to write new songs with Tyler Lyle.[4] The same week, McEwan said that there were some "moody vibes in the studio right now."[5] Also in March, it was posted on social media that a song titled Maniac Cop was being worked on, but no snippet was shared.[6] As no song on Nocturnal has that name, it is not known if the title was later changed or if the song was cut from the album. In late March, continuing production of new material was hinted at with McEwan posting that he was "struggling with the ever elusive kick drum."[7]
More information about new songs and a new album continued to be shared over the first half of 2017. In April, the band shared that the next album "will have a slightly darker tone"[8] and also shared a snippet of a song presumably titled Lone Wolf.[9] This particular song did not make the album but was later confirmed by McEwan to appear on a future album instead.[10] A clip of Collateral was posted in early May.[11] In June, McEwan shared that he was "going through guitar takes for one of our new songs" and further stated that "the lead sound is SO PERFECT. Very 'In The Air Tonight'."[12] In June, the band shared that "there's a track on the new album that'll make your nose bleed."[13] Lyrics from what would end up being the song Crystalline were posted in early July.[14]
On August 9, 2017, The Midnight officially confirmed that a new EP (later regarded as an album) was being released on October 13.[15] About a week later, an upcoming single titled Crystalline was teased and was referred to as a song that "will set the tone for the new EP."[16] Later in August, a clip of Tokyo Night Train was shared. On August 23, the EP's title of Nocturnal was announced alongside a snippet of the title track.[17] A few days later, the artwork for Nocturnal was teased with McEwan saying "if you like movies like Drive, Blade Runner, Thief, Manhunter and The Terminator then you going to love the artwork for Nocturnal."[18] The band said in early September that the new EP "will be slightly more introvert" and "less concerned about big hooks and more about creating mood and vibe."[19] A short clip of Crystalline was shared on September 9 and the single was said to be "coming soon."[20] On September 13, the band said they were "putting the finishing touches to the mix of our first single Crystalline."[21] Two days later, the band referred to Crystalline as being "different, yet still familiar" and stated that they "went off book a little bit" with the song.[22] Another snippet of Crystalline was shared on September 18 and a release date of September 22 was announced.[23] The single artwork was revealed on September 21.[24]
After the single release, more new lyrics (this time from Shadows) were posted towards the end of September.[25] It was also shared in another post that a track from Nocturnal would have a solo "that is a straight up homage to Whitesnake's Is This Love."[26] During an interview with LA Music Blog on the release day of Crystalline, McEwan said the following about Nocturnal:[27]A small snip of the album artwork was shared on October 6, [28] and a collaboration with Timecop1983 was teased on October 7.[29] Names of the tracks from Nocturnal were shared over the following days, and the full artwork was revealed on October 9.[30] A duet with Nikki Flores titled Light Years was revealed on October 11 and was said to be a "spiritual successor to Jason."[31] The complete tracklist was revealed on October 12,[32] and Nocturnal was officially released the following day on October 13.[33]It’ll be more in line with “Vampires” or another track called “Equalizer”. What inspires me is usually movies. The aesthetic I’m going for with this new EP is more older Michael Mann movies like Thief and Heat or James Cameron’s The Terminator from 1984. That kind of nighttime, Los Angeles, cruising around the city, streetlights, neon, maybe a little bit of rain coming down the windscreen. It’ll have more moody, cooler vibe. It’ll be less John Hughes and more Miami Vice at night.
Two days after release, Nocturnal was the top-selling release on Bandcamp and it remained in the top spot for over a week.[34][35][36] The album charted at number seventeen on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums Chart after release and the following year it peaked at number seventeen on the Billboard Heatseekers Album chart.[37][38] Nocturnal received mainly positive reviews from critics, who noted the darker and more mature sound compared to Days of Thunder and Endless Summer.[39][40][41][42][43] It was chosen by NewRetroWave as their top EP of 2017.[44]
Nocturnal contains seven tracks, but there was originally planned to be more, with the band deciding to cut several songs that didn't fit the overall theme of the album.[45] Lyle initially envisioned the album as a "full Halloween/October release that was bit darker than the usual The Midnight fare." The idea of a Halloween-themed EP was later revisited by The Midnight in 2020 with Horror Show. The band said they were inspired by several noir themed shows and films, including Stranger Things, The Terminator, and the movies created by John Carpenter.
Nocturnal sees The Midnight collaborating again with Nikki Flores on the song Light Years. Flores co-wrote the song and provides vocals to accompany those of Lyle. She previously worked with the band on the song Jason from Endless Summer. Additionally, The Midnight also collaborated with popular synthwave artist Timecop1983 on the track River of Darkness.
Singles
Track listing
All tracks are written by Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Shadows" | 6:27 |
2. | "Crystalline" | 6:02 |
3. | "Collateral" | 5:46 |
4. | "River of Darkness (feat. Timecop1983)" (Lyle, McEwan and Jordy Leenaerts) | 6:05 |
5. | "Nocturnal" | 7:03 |
6. | "Light Years (feat. Nikki Flores)" (Lyle, McEwan and Nikki Flores) | 5:21 |
7. | "Tokyo Night Train" | 5:36 |
Total length: | 42:20 |
Credits
Additional instrumentation was provided by Thomas Edinger (saxophone), Pelle Hillström (lead guitar on Crystalline & River of Darkness), Mads Storm (synth guitar solo on Collateral), Dan Rockett (guitar harmonics on Collateral), Kristiane (Crystalline whisper) and Nikki Flores (vocals on Light Years).
The album was mixed by Tim McEwan and mastered by Anders Schumann.
Artwork by David Legnon.
Songs that inspired Nocturnal
On January 26, 2018, The Midnight shared a Spotify playlist of songs that inspired the music on Nocturnal.[46][47] The songs on the playlist are:
- "Paint It, Black" (The Rolling Stones)
- "The Terminator Theme (Extended Version)" (Brad Fiedel)
- "Bad As Me" (Tom Waits)
- "In The Air Tonight - 2015 Remastered" (Phil Collins)
- "Red Right Hand - 2011 Remastered Version" (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)
- "You Belong To The City" (Glenn Frey)
- "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" (The National)
- "A Thousand Years" (Toto)
- "Waiting Around to Die" (Townes Van Zandt)
- "Theme from "St. Elsewhere"" (Dave Grusin)
- "Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole" (Martha Wainwright)
- "Pretty Pimpin" (Kurt Vile)
- "Is This Love - 2007 Remastered Version" (Whitesnake)
- "The Thunder Rolls - Cover" (All That Remains)
- "Love on a Real Train" (Tangerine Dream)
- "Because the Night" (Patti Smith)
- "Frankfurt" (Pryda)
- "Midnight" (Coldplay)
- "Clean" (The Japanese House)
- "When the City Sleeps" (Voyager 12)
- "Paint It Black" (8-Bit Misfits)
- "Infinite" (Notaker)
Release history and variants
Date | Edition |
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October 13, 2017 | Standard |
December 15, 2017[48] | Instrumentals |
April 2, 2021 | Stems |
Year | Format | Color/Design |
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2018 | Cassette | White |
2018 | Cassette | Blue |
2018 | LP | Blue |
2018 | LP | Pink |
2022 | CD | - |
2024 | LP | Transparent Blue |
References
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