Brimming with curiosity, shade, and coronary heart, Spring Time period’s ‘Kiddo, Vol. 2’ EP is a radiant, wonder-filled indie pop reverie – a vibrant, susceptible, and sonically beautiful continuation of Nathan Davis’ coming-of-age story that embraces life’s mess with a smile, capturing the ache, awe, and exhilaration of rising up in 4 unforgettable tracks.
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Tright here’s one thing quietly radical about selecting pleasure when the world feels unsure.
About leaning into shade, levity, and play not as an escape, however as a method by way of. Kiddo, Vol. 2 doesn’t ignore the mess – it dances with it, cradles it, sings to it in full Technicolor. That is music that makes area for the exhausting stuff with out shedding its sense of surprise.
Spring Time period’s Kiddo, Vol. 2 is a radiant rush of surprise – playful and poignant, buoyant and bruising, endlessly curious and emotionally smart past its years. A sequel in each identify and nature, this heat and wondrous indie pop EP picks up the place Spring Time period’s 2022 EP Kiddo left off, persevering with a coming-of-age story that blurs truth and fiction, reminiscence and creativeness. By means of 4 uplifting tunes drenched in intelligent lyricism and experimental textures, Indianapolis-based singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Nathan Davis dives into the mess and magic of adolescence – tackling love, self-discovery, concern, vulnerability, and pleasure with unflinching honesty and a childlike sense of curiosity. The result’s an irresistibly colourful world of melody and which means, the place every part is tactile, intentional, and alive.
Hey, I don’t acquired quite a bit to say
I don’t acquired lot to say to you for now
Hey, now I gotta face the change
Once I depend it up I’m gonna let you know all that
Possibly I’m a starman
Possibly I can fly into the solar
of oh candy nothin’
Add all of it up one, by one after the other
I don’t acquired quite a bit to say to you, my love
– “Velveteen,” Spring Time period
Atwood Journal is proud to be premiering Kiddo, Vol. 2, Spring Time period’s expansive and expressive mission but: A genre-hopping, heart-on-sleeve exploration of rising up and getting it incorrect, of asking questions and studying to take a seat with the not-knowing. Independently Might 30th, 2025, the four-track report is a spirited, smile-inducing seduction good for springtime romps and summer season reveries – the place we aspire to really feel our greatest, whereas nonetheless feeling the complete weight of the world, previous and current.
“This report is a continuation of the exploration of childhood that began with my first EP, Kiddo,” Davis tells Atwood Journal. “After being in bands for my early life as a musician, I needed to introduce this solo mission with a multi-release, chronological journey by way of rising up. This EP covers the later years of childhood up by way of adolescence.”
“The preliminary imaginative and prescient was to proceed the storytelling model from the primary EP in a reasonably simple method. However as I leaned right into a extra childlike spirit of curiosity, factual storytelling, fiction, and fairy story began to blur a bit. Every music started with an actual second from my life, however they developed into one thing extra open and imaginative.”
That blur is what makes Kiddo, Vol. 2 so magical: It lives within the liminal areas between previous and current, actual and surreal – a mission rooted in fact and bursting with surprise.
Each monitor begins from a spot of non-public reminiscence, however by way of Davis’ kaleidoscopic lens, every one expands into one thing vivid, playful, and poetic. These aren’t simply songs; they’re scenes, sensations, little universes – stitched along with humor, coronary heart, and sonic element.
“Performing the songs reside earlier than ending the recordings additionally had a big impact,” Davis provides. “It formed the power and course of the manufacturing, like how ‘Bracelet’ took on a extra rock-and-roll really feel on the finish because of my pal Saint Aubin, who performed drums with me on tour.”
By now I’ve studied your identify, babe
Pictured the methods I might say it
I do know it’s been so silent
Now I’m able to name
This reward is woven and braided
Its captive colours are ready
Will you present ‘em off in public
El globo en el cielo
Do put on em out within the open
(You) Be Cuzan I’ll be Chalpol
I purchased you a bracelet honey
Let me make it easier to put it on
– “Bracelet,” Spring Time period
Because the identify suggests, this EP is a direct continuation of Spring Time period’s first chapter, 2022’s introductory debut EP Kiddo. The six-track report – which is as playable right this moment because it was two and a half years in the past – feels very very similar to a companion to its successor, each sonically and thematically. “These songs are a part of the identical story a number of years down the highway,” Davis explains – although there are apparent distinctions that he’s fast to name out. “I feel this EP exhibits how I’ve grown as a producer and songwriter. It’s me experimenting in actual time, leaning into samples, pulling from genres and traditions I hadn’t explored earlier than, and letting issues get slightly extra each surreal and direct. Collaborators like Eli Sensible (who performed lap metal on ‘Velveteen’) and Kyle Barkes (who supplied manufacturing assist and mixing) helped form the sound into one thing I couldn’t have created alone.”
Candidly (and cheekily) described by Davis as “curious, rising, not-knowing,” Kiddo, Vol. 2 thrives in that fantastically awkward, in-between area the place you’re sufficiently old to ask large questions, however nonetheless younger sufficient to imagine in magic. Every of the EP’s 4 songs presents a distinct angle on that have, pulling from private reminiscences and reworking them into radiant sonic snapshots – wealthy in feeling, element, and creativeness. From sun-kissed melodies and vivid character portraits to intimate love songs and bittersweet epilogues, these tracks shine with heat and emotional readability. They’re inviting, energizing, and deeply human – a collection of vibrant vignettes that talk to the messy pleasure of rising up.
“The Salesman” kicks issues off with a vibrant grin and a giant open door. Playful, sun-kissed, and irresistibly bouncy, it’s an ideal introduction to Kiddo, Vol. 2’s imaginative world – all kinetic bass strains, jangly guitars, and lyrical whimsy. “The Salesman” looks like a nod to early Vampire Weekend, however with its personal narrative twist: A bigger-than-life archetype seems on the doorstep, peddling every part from corsets to Greenwich Village people songs. “It’s a barely cartoonish tackle the sensation of opening the door to a stranger as a child,” Davis shares. “That music helped pull me out of my typical songwriting tone and into one thing extra playful and grand.” The result’s each metaphor and reminiscence – a vibrant, theatrical music concerning the guarantees we’re offered rising up, and the moments once we begin to query them.
“Bracelet” softens the power, buying and selling cartoonish aptitude for one thing extra tender and dreamy. A delicate, glistening love music wrapped in warped pianos and infectious hope, it captures the butterflies and bravado of a primary crush with grace and appeal. Davis leans into innocence and intimacy, singing of secret gardens and handmade items with wide-eyed sincerity: “I purchased you a bracelet, honey / Let me make it easier to put it on.” However “Bracelet” is greater than only a candy second; it’s a meditation on vulnerability and emotional openness. “It displays the best way I wish to transfer by way of the world,” Davis explains, “which is with openness, braveness, and a willingness to remain current, even when issues don’t go the best way I hope.” The music blooms with light optimism – a soft-spoken anthem for exhibiting up, even when your coronary heart’s on the road.
“Pellegrino” floats like a summer season breeze: Laid-back, love-soaked, and glowing with golden-hour heat. With its breezy guitars, glowing synths, and easy groove, the monitor looks like a sun-dazed snapshot of bliss – a desk by the window, a dialog unfolding slowly, the sunshine streaming in excellent. “It’s a celebration of the honeymoon section,” Davis explains, “blindly optimistic, filled with ardour, and savoring the wonder in even the smallest moments.” Written concerning the early days of his relationship along with his spouse, “Pellegrino” radiates gratitude and awe – not in grand declarations, however in mushy, considerate particulars. It’s romantic, sure, nevertheless it’s additionally deeply human: A music that lets stillness converse, and reminds us how sacred the only joys could be.
I’m within the coronary heart of the honey
You’re within the care of the moon
your method round our city
I placed on like I do too
We take heed to the sages and czars
Saying love might be exhausting
And keep in mind your widespread sense
However I save all of my cash
To select you up once more and
Purchase one other
Cooled off espresso get misplaced, on me
Come on I’ll take care of you
We might get a desk by the window
With the daylight coming
by way of the blinds in skinny rows
Speak about no matter, say all of it gradual
that we’d be sipping Pellegrino
– “Pellegrino,” Spring Time period
“Velveteen” brings the EP to a cathartic shut – intimate, reflective, and emotionally explosive in all the proper methods. It’s a music of uncertainty and self-examination, spinning by way of emotions of not-knowing with an emotional pull that’s each hypnotic and profound. “It’s devoted to adolescence and the years of discovering music your dad and mom by no means performed,” Davis shares. “Stumbling into new layers of self-awareness, and never realizing what you wish to do together with your life.” Sonically, “Velveteen” is a lush swirl of textures: Layered vocals, glowing guitars, and delicate bursts of rhythmic depth that construct and recede like waves. The result’s intoxicating – a music that invitations you to take a seat with the confusion, even bask in it. Its remaining verse lands like a revelation: “That golden solar units / down days of innocence / and I’m nonetheless younger however / not as younger as I had thought I used to be.” It’s a lyric that encapsulates the complete EP – the ache and great thing about rising older, and the regular braveness of changing into.
“There are such a lot of I’m pleased with on the report, however I feel the section of life the EP is properly summarized in that final verse of ‘Velveteen,’” Davis affirms.
Requested for different favorites and private highlights, he’s fast to say moments on every of the EP’s 4 songs. “The drum break and delicate lyric change of the final refrain of ‘Pellegrino,’ the pitch-shifted harmonica on ‘The Salesman,’ the primary sub drop in ‘Bracelet,’ and the group vocals on ‘Velveteen’ are a few of my favourite components of the EP.”
Kiddo, Vol. 2 is the type of report that leaves you slightly brighter than it discovered you – not as a result of it glosses over life’s complexities, however as a result of it leans into them with coronary heart, humor, and wide-eyed honesty.
It captures the unusual readability of trying backward whereas transferring ahead, and the surprise of rediscovering the world by way of youthful eyes. Equal elements playful and profound, it’s a joy-filled, deeply human reminder that rising up doesn’t should imply shedding contact with the magic.
As Davis displays on the journey behind the songs and the spirit that formed them, his hope for listeners is obvious:
“I hope listeners really feel inspired to discover who they’re with honesty, curiosity, and a way of play with out having to have all of the solutions,” Davis shares. “By means of exploring the completely different levels of my childhood, I’ve found that I even have quite a bit to study from my youthful self about how I reside my life right this moment. Being keen to be study and be susceptible can get tougher and tougher with age. Creating and releasing this EP is me selecting to remain in that spirit, and hopefully listeners might be inspired to do the identical!”
Vivid, susceptible, and lively, Kiddo, Vol. 2 is a technicolor triumph – a reminder to remain curious, keep open, and maintain listening to the voice of your youthful self. Dive into the complete EP under, and journey track-by-track with Spring Time period’s Nathan Davis as he unpacks the tales, sounds, and sentiments behind every music.
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The Salesman
“The Salesman” is a barely cartoonish tackle the sensation of opening the door to a stranger as a child. I wrote it throughout my first deep dive into a few of Bob Dylan’s mid-to-late interval albums (shoutout to the Jokermen podcast), proper after listening to “Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts.” That music helped pull me out of my typical songwriting tone and into one thing extra playful and grand. “The Salesman” grew to become this larger-than-life archetype representing the sorts of guarantees, presents, and selections we’re confronted with whereas rising up, and the characters who ship them.
Bracelet
“Bracelet” is a love music that captures the complete spectrum of vulnerability, from working up the braveness to make a name to accepting that the reply may be no. I wrote it concerning the first time I needed to ask somebody out, nevertheless it’s additionally about greater than that. It displays the best way I wish to transfer by way of the world (and thru my artwork), which is with openness, braveness, and a willingness to remain current, even when issues don’t go the best way I hope. Sonically, that is my try at getting a few of my favourite Rostam-esque warped piano tones to assist inform the story.
Pellegrino
“Pellegrino” is a deeply private music concerning the first summer season days I spent with my spouse. Each musical selection from the tempo to the synth bass to the electrical guitar tone is a tribute to that point and the music we had on repeat. It’s a celebration of the honeymoon section: blindly optimistic, filled with ardour, and savoring to the wonder in even the smallest moments. I imagine that section of experiencing one thing lovely for the primary time is one thing God-designed, and it’s one of the particular elements of being human.
Velveteen
“Velveteen” is a music devoted to adolescence and the years of discovering music your dad and mom by no means performed, stumbling into new layers of self-awareness, and never realizing what you wish to do together with your life. The primary second of the music feels prefer it’s shouting “I don’t know!”, which nonetheless sums up how I really feel a variety of the time. I’ve at all times beloved “centrifugal” artwork that spins you outward towards different artwork, and I stored that in thoughts whereas making this music. The lyrics and manufacturing are filled with nods to artists who to me embody that teenage feeling of insurrection, uncertainty, and determining who you might be.
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Kiddo, Vol. 2
an EP by Spring Time period
