Patrick Holland shares new single “Nice Try”

Montreal-based artist, producer, engineer and remixer Patrick Holland recently announced his self-produced debut album, You’re The Boss, out July 29th! Following the album’s earworm of a first single “Sinister Bell,” “Nice Try” is out today. Featuring sunny guitars and velvety vocal harmonies, courtesy of Holland’s bandmate Jane Penny of TOPS, “Nice Try” receives an incredible Erin O’Connor directed video. Holland has been known in the past for his electronic releases under aliases such as Project Pablo and Jump Source, and just as this album showcases another side of his sonic palette, this video also sees him transform. Watch makeup artist Carole Méthot turn into Patrick Holland and listen to “Nice Try” below.

Listen to “Nice Try”: https://patrickholland.ffm.to/nicetry.vlb

“The ghost has departed, the script is flipped – the haunter has become the haunted, and decided it’s enough. ‘Nice Try’ is about letting go on both sides, and reminiscing about the good times together,” Holland explains of the track. “It was a dream come true having Jane Penny of TOPS sing in unison with me on this one, and I’ve admired Carole’s work from a distance for a while now, so when Erin proposed the concept of documenting her transformation, I was excited. Sitting back and witnessing Carole turn into a bizarro me was freaky and fun.”

Written and recorded in tandem, You’re The Boss finds Holland self-producing, playing almost every instrument on the record, as well as singing and writing his own lyrics for the first time. Though it’s full of firsts, You’re The Boss sounds like the work of an indie artist decades into their career. Pre-save now, or snag the limited edition blue jay vinyl (only 500 copies available).

Pre-order ‘You’re The Boss’: https://www.omnianmusicgroup.com/products/youre-the-boss