Bradley Knight made an impressive entrance into the local music space recently when he released his debut single ‘Lost’. The 26-year-old from Cape Town was born in London and has been putting in all the work ahead of his debut single release. Now, the hard work has proven to have paid off as he makes a solid debut.
Influenced by acts like Lenny Kravitz, Earth Wind & Fire, The Police, Carlos Santana, Crowded House as well as having Electric Light Orchestra, Bradley says he is inspired most by his father who used to play the above acts over and over again. “I think as a young boy you’re inclined to look up to your Dad, and I noticed when he had this music playing he was always in the best mood and radiated this vibrant energy that was so infectious to me” says Bradley.
When it came to creating his own music, Bradley developed a hunger for finding music that would give him those same physical reactions that he had experienced before.
Now, as he prepares to release his upcoming EP ‘Limbo’, Bradley Knight has dropped the project’s lead sinle ‘Lost’. The song has a dreamy, melancholic feel to it with soulful vocals accompanied by laidback beats, adding foley sounds and other organic elements with the intention of immersing the listener within the songs atmosphere. This atmosphere is filled with romance, nostalgia and a somewhat existential crisis.
The debut single is essentially a frustrated and somewhat romantic ode to navigating through the world in his 20’s and wondering who else is out there that feels as out of place with the current state of things as he does. Those moments of wanting to get out of a situation or head and get lost in the insignificance of things. Burn the place and marvel at the fire kind of feeling. It plays with two sides of that coin, the one being that the feeling of insignificance is terrifying and compels a reckless abandon and the other in seeing the beauty in that insignificance and surrendering to what seems to be a much bigger picture
“My idea of limbo is a state of in-between. The ‘waiting room’ filled with pastime nostalgia and dreams of the future, neither of which you are currently experiencing but are ultimately consumed by. With the state of the world being such that it is, this is something I felt many would relate to,” Bradley explains.
Listen to ‘Lost’ here:
