Brolin toes the line between tough-talking and tenderness. On previous singles like "Reykjavik" and "Swim Deep," the U.K.-based electronic pop artist mixed dancefloor-leaning, driving production with introspective musings about city life made for long nights spent with your thoughts. Fittingly, his latest is called "Nightdriving," and pairs a propulsive house beat with restless lyrics like I lie awake at night, I hear the cars passing by.
The single is the first to be shared from Brolin's debut album The Delta. "'Nightdriving' is about whirring thoughts on a hot night thick with tension, when consciousness is unending," the singer/producer told The FADER over email. "It's about mechanisms of escapism, optimism and the occasional desire to disappear to somewhere else. I began writing the tune vexed on coffee at 3 a.m. in my home studio before finishing it off with [Ninja Tune producer] Raffertie. It was the first track fully completed for The Delta.“