records by U2 and The Waterboys
— two artists that Nile admires
greatly.
“I grew up in an Irish Catholic
family, so I grew up with a lot of
the religious stories and imagery around me,” said Nile. “So I
could see it making into my writing, but it’s not something I do
consciously. I just write them down
as they come. I think that I’m not
common themes in these songs:
love, loss, passion, ecstasy, joy, war,
peace, sorrow, hope, the journey.”
The idea of a journey is very apparent on If I Was A River. The
record begins and ends with two
songs about rivers, which serve as
bookends. It opens with the idea
of imagining the possibilities and
ends with the realization of what is
possible. It’s all about the journey,
One constant throughout all of his records
is an honest spirituality that many artists are
hesitant to show in their work.
particularly religious, but I’m very
spiritual. There’s a lot of mystery
to this life and a lot of wonder in
my heart and my soul. I appreciate
life for the beauty around us. I just
write the songs down and I don’t
try to edit. No doubt there’s a lot
of me in these tunes, but there’s
also some characters in there as
well. It’s not a concept album by
any means, but there are some
which is what word comes to mind
for Nile when he thinks of a river.
“I see our lives, the human race
and our individual lives, as a journey,” he explained. “The river
flowing from one direction to another. I thought bookending the
record might be a nice way to go
and I’m very happy with how it
worked out.”
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