A rowdy tribute to a night out, Nowhere Land is the latest release from Timmy Skelly.

By Graeme Smith

Feature photo by Sean Schmitt

Opening with a twanging, country guitar riff, Nowhere Land instantly transports you. There’s a classic feel about the first verse, and the power and passion of the vocals prove stirring. By the time the chorus hits, you realise the track is something special, and its big finish is something else. If it doesn’t end up in the Great American Songbook eventually, I’d be surprised.

“Nowhere Land was the first record we stumbled into,” says Timmy Skelly. “It started as a rowdy tribute to a night out and kind of became the establishing atmosphere for the entire project. We wanted backing vocals that sounded like Crosby, Stills & Nash, we wanted a chorus that stomped like a drunken mass on a wooden bar floor, and we wanted to get into a new zone to end the song, something epic, something anthemic.“

The track feels like a natural successor to his debut EP, Dive Bar Sermon.

“I’ve learned a lot while working in bars,” he says of the EP. “I’ve learned even more while drinking in bars. This record is for all those lessons, those ‘sermons’ from the good book of the neon church. Best enjoyed with a cold beverage or a long cool drive.”

Nowhere Land is out now, and you can listen to it below.