The first 12-track EP released by Nature Loves Courage in 2022

Clearer

Dark Horse

A window in my mind:
a hundred different colors.
the angle of my life
Lights some over the others

I walk the edge of a blade known as truth.
It’s hiding in the details 
Of the prism I look through.

I wanted to speak a language you understand 

I’m surviving life
The only way I know how.
I’ve been a child too long:
i think it’s time to grow now.

I feel the same cycle come around.
We play a game that feels like turnabout.

I called my battalions.
You sent your legions.
And took me down…
Dismantled me.
I called my battalions.
You sent your legions.
And took me down…
Dismantled me.

My sovereign banner used to fly 
Until it was undone by arcane design.

I called my battalions.
You sent your legions.
And took me down…
Dismantled me.
I called my battalions.
You sent your legions.
And took me down…
Dismantled me.
I called my battalions.
(I know how you like to strike me down).
You sent your legions.
(I know how you like to build me up).
And took me down…
Dismantled me.
I called my battalions.
(I know how you like to strike me down).
You sent your legions.
(I know how you like to build me up).
And took me down…
Dismantled me.

Vocals, Words, Music: McKenna Rowe
Drums: Garrett Smith
Bass: Jake Bergman
Guitar: Joe De Sa

Engineered by Erik Sonderlon
Mastered by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering - California - U.S.A

Nature Loves Courage II

Dismantle

"II" Is the latest EP from Los Angeles-based electronic-art-rock band Nature Loves Courage.

Produced summer of 2023 by Nature Loves Courage.

McKenna Rowe: words, music, vocals, keys 
Garrett Smith: drums
Jake Bergman: bass
Joe De Sa: guitar
Erik Sonderlon: Mix Engineer
Maor Appelbaum: Mastering Engineer

All Of The Things

Don't say it's precious
If you don't really see it
Don't say you love it
If you don't really mean it

You should try your best
To leave the cynic behind
It's the only way
To get some peace of mind
Why can't you believe in a dream?
This world is not what it seems

We finally crossed the Rubicon
We finally crossed the Rubicon
Baby I told you, baby I told you

You say it's stupid
But you don't understand it
You don't approve it
Because it's not how you planned it

Without a rubric
Don't you feel lost?
This kind of freedom
Comes without any cost
Why can't you believe in a dream?
This world is not what it seems

We finally crossed the Rubicon
Baby I told you, baby I told you
We finally crossed the Rubicon
Baby I told you, baby I told you
We finally crossed the Rubicon
Baby I told you, baby I told you
We finally crossed the Rubicon
Baby I told you, baby I told you

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey, hey

McKenna Rowe: words, music, vocals, keys
Garrett Smith: drums
Jake Bergman: bass
Joe De Sa: guitar
Erik Sonderlon: Mix Engineer
Maor Appelbaum: Mastering Engineer

Rubicon

I'm walking through the refuse of discarded ideas
I thought that I was finally trending
But I was just a fool
To think that I could ever keep up
This level of noise.
If I'm no longer relevant, do I exist?

Hold On!
Don't discard me! Don't destroy me!
Because you don't own me.
Hold On!
Don't discard me
While I'm still breathing.
I'm still reaching
For the light
For the light

I'm reading through perspectives on the same old ideas
The same old common ground
That's shared by
The Kings and the Fools
To think that I could ever keep up
With this level of noise.
My mind will surely start to splinter apart.

Hold On!
Don't discard me! Don't destroy me!
Because you don't own me.
Hold On!
Don't discard me
While I'm still breathing.
I'm still reaching
For the light
Everything's brought me to my knees
For the light

McKenna Rowe: words, music, vocals, keys
Garrett Smith: drums
Jake Bergman: bass
Joe De Sa: guitar
Erik Sonderlon: Mix Engineer
Maor Appelbaum: Mastering Engineer

Hey
Hey

Here we go
With the show
And that Dark Horse not in the lead?
Can't you see
Symmetry
In the strange lifestyle that we lead?

Here we are floating again
Feeding on suspense
Here I am feeling alive
I'll bide my time
Until I get around to making you mine

Why be alone in your secret, honey?
Why be alone in your secret, honey?

Hey
Hey

Who's the man
Hanging back?
He's the hardest one you've got in the pack
Launch a flare
Return the stare
I don't care how the odds are stacked

Here we are floating again
Feeding on suspense
Here I am feeling alive
I'll bide my time
Until I get around to making you mine

Why be alone in your secret, honey?
Why be alone in your secret, honey?
Why be alone in your secret, honey?
Why be alone in your secret, honey?
Nature Loves Courage is an Electronic Art Rock Band Based In Los Angeles, bending entire genres to our will.

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Vocals, Keys, Arrangements: McKenna Rowe
Bass: Jacob Bergman
Drums: Garrett Smith
Recording: Tim Boland
Mixing: Erik Sonderlon
Produced by Nature Loves Courage

Nature Loves Courage is a Los Angeles-based electronic funk band bending entire genres to their will. Their name is inspired by psychedelic philosopher Terence McKenna. 

NLC was born in 2019 among long-time friends/musical partners – McKenna Rowe (aka "Psykick Girl": words, music, vox, keys, guitar), Jake Bergman (bass) and Garrett Smith (drums). When the pandemic hit, NLC collaborated remotely on their sound in an explosion of songwriting. Joe De Sa joined as guitarist in 2021. In 2022, NLC released 12 songs, with a new EP slated for release September 29, 2023.

NLC’s big sound blends Rowe’s penchant for ethereal synths, cinematic scores and electronic/industrial/trip-hop grooves with Bergman’s funk-inspired bass, Smith’s anthemic rock drums and De Sa's psychedelic guitar stylings.

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