Tag: The Nomadic

In the video for “Drifting” by The Nomad, the singer is seen playing both the acoustic guitar and the semi-hollow Rickenbacker electric interspersed with scenes from the life of a young woman and the moments when their paths cross. The song begins with a story of someone who is melancholic about a person who seems to pass in and out of their life even though there’s clearly some kind of connection. The melody and the lyrics express a contemplative yearning. It embodies the adage of if you love someone set them free. By the end of the song that drifting leads the two people together but it’s something that happens organically and without anyone’s desperation as the catalyst. The spare guitar melody and the way it rings out with acoustic and electric complementing each other with elegant interplay is reminiscent of U2 and those lines that seem to reach to the horizon. There is a change up of sound and dynamics mid-song that takes it out of the languid mode but in the end it works because it helps to establish the heightened mood in the second half of the song that signals a blissful reconciliation. Watch the video for “Drifting” on YouTube.