Track By Track: Patrick Martin - ‘Wonder Years EP’
US pop artist Patrick Martin has just dropped his new EP - ‘Wonder Years’, which features four brand new tracks around the theme of dark and light love. He took a moment to talk us through the release - track by track.
Wonder Years
The inspiration for this record actually came from one of my favorite songs ever written, “Night Moves” by Bob Segar. This song is very much reflective of that feeling we sometimes get caught up in when we “wonder” what would’ve been, had the timing been different, had we been a bit older, etc. All of the feelings felt in those late nights and early mornings were so distinct that its hard not to think that you might never feel anything like it again. It always makes you ask, “Do you wonder about our wonder years?”
Miss You More
This song… what a doozy for me. The amount of nights I spent… pacing around my apartment, doing absolutely anything I could not to text/call her, but it seemed like everything I did just made me miss her more. I can distinctly remember the night that I wrote this song about. I felt like I might implode if I didn’t talk to her (this was rather unhealthy, but first love will do that to a kid).
Too Close
This song was born from a session with Jesse Mason and Castle. The lyrics were inspired by the two significant relationships I had in my life. It actually took us a long time to sort out what we wanted the chorus to sound like. We tried so many different “la la’s” and after months of going back and forth, I'm pretty sure we went with the first version we did.
Again
Again is one of those songs that was born from a very dark night, alone in my bedroom in Hollywood. When you’re breaking up with someone and it's on friendly terms, its very difficult to justify actually breaking up. The second it becomes real you start wondering if you’ve made a mistake. The tug and pull of comfort vs. pain begins. The vicious cycle of falling in and out of love happens again and again and again.
‘Wonder Years EP’ is now on B-Unique Records