A nostalgic reflection of reading US comic books when I was a kid and couldn't read so well.

King Of The Moon 2023 - 05 - 21

Driving rock song about determination, trying to succeed a second time.

Knockin' On Your Door

This song was written in direct response to the incoming administration and the ongoing constitutional crisis that agent Krasnov has brought us.

Music and lyrics by Christian Hurd.
All sounds generated by Christian Hurd
with the exception of the lead guitar parts performed by Trask Schulte (Paste).
Copyright 2025
Humble Features Music
All Rights Reserved.

LYRICS:
There'd be days I wouldn't get up if it wasn't to smoke
Avoiding all morose and toxic signs of false hope
Can you see me?
I'm not useless

There'd be days I'd find a reason just to stay in bed
Just-a twisting about the maybe 50,000 dead
And the fires and the fascists and the rich white man sings
The stories of his troubles while the trans kids hang by a string
There'd be days

There'd be days that I would love it when you pushed me around
And secretly I thought that it was somehow just what I needed
And I thanked you
I never knew you

The furthest or the farthest, I'm still not really sure
But my heart is of the purest metaphysical blur

There'd be days I'd sense an evil like there's no coming back
But I had been immune to all repeated attacks
There'd be days that I could feel it in the back of my neck
The torturous sound of a soprano saxophone quintet

Mama never said that there'd be days like these
Mama said, she never said there'd be days like these
My mama never said there'd be days like these
Mama said a lot of things
But not these things

There'd Be Days (feat. Paste)

"Quiet Desperation" is one of two songs held for Elvis Presley's next session when he died in 1977. Up till then, I had written four songs that Elvis had recorded. The song is based on a quote by Henry Thoreau, "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation."

Quiet-Desperation

Nite Hike is a dreamy, mega-layered, and stylized post-disco solo project from producer/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Christian Hurd. Known for his previous work with Leading Psychics, Mackintosh, Lookbook, The Prids, Soft Tags, Jennifer Faust, Tuesday Faust, Anya Marina, Templeton, and Howlin' Maggie (just scratching the surface), Hurd has worn arguably the most hats in the biz and most of them are black.  
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"Celestial, infectious, hypnotic, bittersweet, dreamy, time-bending."
- Alice Teeple (post-punk.com)
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"It's hard to remember being THIS entertained while also being genuinely moved by beat and purpose. As charming and extraordinary as one man could possibly be..." 
- Dave Cantrell (Songs From Under The Floorboard XRAY FM)

​File Under: Donna Summers had a baby with David Bowie and they raised them on a steady diet of Kraftwerk.

Kevin Lee & the Kings are one of the best rock bands in the Midwest and the band is ready to hit the bricks behind a new EP, Lightning Strikes, on Sigus Records. The sound is straight-up modern pop/rock packed with big guitars, indelible hooks, and soaring vocal harmonies that are all wrapped around Lee’s razor-sharp songwriting. The songs deliver the kind of car-radio greatness that launches careers and summer nights and tracks like “Ruby Red Lips,” “Wind It Up,” and “Best Is Yet To Come” will do much to remind you of why you loved rock and roll in the first place.

Kevin Lee is a former MCA recording artist who has left the major label system behind to do the indie thing with his band, The Kings, which is a bit of a Midwestern super group. Lee, himself, is a veteran solo artist with arena-sized credentials that include tours with Cheap Trick, Matthew Sweet, and Pearl Jam, bassist/vocalist Patti Prendergast toured internationally with Bitch and Tough Love, and guitarist/vocalist Michael Kurtz has been part of popular acts like Madfox, Bombs Away, and Dark Star Records artist Half Bitten Moon. Drummer Erik Strommer first made his bones on the East Coast in bands like Broken Arrows and Catfish Hunter but has been in Chicago since 1996 and with Kevin Lee since 2007.

These four roadworthy veterans combine to make a sound that mixes the best parts of the Classic Rock era with 21st Century energy and timeless songwriting. Sticks and Stones is ample proof that rock and roll music is still very much alive and worth supporting. Kevin Lee & the Kings are ready to bring this noise to the world and give it a good shaking up. Now would be a good time for you to join the party.

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