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Lightning Strikes and Neon Nights

Lightning Strikes and Neon Nights

By Andrew Swift

Contemporary Country - 2023

Andrew Swift ticks a lot of thematic boxes for country music—namely, songs about drinking, loving, working and playing hard—but his... more

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About Lightning Strikes and Neon Nights

Andrew Swift ticks a lot of thematic boxes for country music—namely, songs about drinking, loving, working and playing hard—but his sound owes just as much to expansive heartland rock. The Australian singer-songwriter even got his start playing in pop-punk and indie rock bands, which also contributes to his fresh, accessible approach to country. Lightning Strikes and Neon Nights opens with the Bruce Springsteen-esque anthem “Boombox Romance,” an earnest yet self-aware mingling of romance and nostalgia. “We’ve got a script that would put Hollywood to shame,” Swift brags to his longtime paramour. These songs are further shored up by some well-deployed collaborations: Kevin Bennett from Sydney roots veterans The Flood guests on “The Question,” while Swift’s girlfriend Simone Sordello features on the winking co-write “You and Me and a Bottle of Whiskey.”