Lucian Rice has announced his debut EP, right now, forever, set for release on October 7th.
With the announcement comes his latest single, “ninezero,” a track that feels reminiscent of early 2000s film soundtracks.
Following his debut single “spineback” and recent releases “brand new day” and “can’t you see,” “ninezero” continues to showcase Rice’s signature mix of nu-gaze, dream pop, and alternative rock, powered by raw, distorted guitar riffs.
“This is such a frankenstein song,” Rice explains. “I had this demo called ‘lookalike’ I made when I was like 17 that I found and was just like ‘wow this kinda has some bones to it.’ Spent like an hour tryna revamp it but ended up making another song called ‘scream’ – which ended up being the bridge.
“Bashed that together with the chords from lookalike + this noise loop I made and got ‘ninezero.’ So it took like four years to make the song, but also only took me like a day of just being like ‘ohhh’ to make sense of it”.
Reflecting on the upcoming EP, Rice says it feels like a full-circle moment.
“In a real sweet way, it feels like the end of the beginning,” he shares. “Not as confronting as a ‘goodbye’ to teenhood, but a reminder that things change. The whole right now, forever thing is like – it’s only gonna be today for the rest of your life, so why not adore shit when it’s right there? You can always look forward, but then the years go by and you can’t help but look back.
“So I just try and appreciate today because these songs were all just that at one point too. Those good & bad moments all made up what now is and will always be, so I’m pretty happy with it being right now, forever.”
Rice has recently split his time between New Zealand, New York, and Los Angeles, collaborating with artists like Nick Ward, carwash, and Molly Payton.
As an artist, producer, and songwriter, he says he’s “emerging onto the music scene with a fresh perspective and is just getting started.”
Lucian Rice’s “ninezero” is out now.
