‘Nightfall’ 

Out everywhere now!

Harmonic intensity, lyrical relatability, and the catchiest of hooks, are all what Dan Napper utilises in his musicalisation of illicit love.

After the great reception from his debut single “Chasing”, rising singer/songwriter Dan Napper follows up his hopelessly romantic debut with a shift to grit in “Nightfall” – available now everywhere. Once again produced by Sam Durkin, and solely written and composed by Dan Napper, the single takes the listener on a journey spanning from head over heels to head in hands.

Continuing in the pursuit of conjoining guitar music to popular mainstream music, Dan Napper has switched his axe to an electrified 6-string, followed by a direct switch to gritty timbres and undertones. “Nightfall” takes the innocence of “Chasing” and turns it into a broken-love song, pondering the morals of illicit love. 

Written amid a moral head and heart fight, Napper commented about the songs authenticity and real-life backstory “The song was and still probably contains the most real feelings I have put to paper. The song originated just over a year ago, I had begun building some feelings for a new person in my life shortly after learning she had a partner. Morally I felt completely wrong, but I still couldn’t shift the feelings off, resulting in the head and heart fight the song talks about. The timbre and lyricism both simultaneously create the perfect depiction of the feelings I felt during this moral fight I had going on”. 

“Nightfall”’s open lyricism allows listeners to create their own anecdotes of relation to the song. We’ve all been there, in the situation where you are completely unable to shift a romantic pull that you know is a dead end whether it’s for someone who is “out of reach” or for your own reason. “Nightfall” does the perfect job at depicting this frustration, whilst still reflecting the beauty in the initial feelings.

Continuing in taking in elements from the early 2000’s soft rock/pop scene and influence from artists such as John Mayer, and Ryan Cabera, Napper uses the electric guitar to create a gritty, suspenseful tone to the track. Paying respect to the guitar heroes who have helped shape his 6 stringed voice, the song contains no bridge but an antiphonal breakdown section between Napper and his guitarist Peter Carr, leading back into the climactic finale.

“Nightfall” manages to build on “Chasing” and its sensitivity, whilst branching out and putting it into a gritty, rock track, which although bold and powerful, still flaunts Nappers sensitive romantic-based lyricism.