Title: “Reminiscing”
Artist: pretty.odd
Release Date: September 18, 2016
Length: 4:49
Format: Digital Download
Recorded: August 2016 – Indigo Base, Las Vegas, Nevada
Genre: Alternative Rock
Label: Renegade Records
Written: 2016
Writer(s): Justin Mullen
Producer(s): Justin Mullen, Nathan Mullen
“Reminiscing” is the name of the debut single from American alternative rock duo ‘pretty.odd’. The duo consists of brothers Justin and Nathan Mullen, former and founding members of the popular rock group ‘Riot! in the Boulevard’. However the pair left the group back in 2013 duo to creative issues and clashes on where they wanted to take their music. Justin primarily was the force behind the departure and his brother followed him in leaving the band. The duo then spent the following three years back home in Las Vegas. During this time, they’ve done some work as touring musicians and session musicians, songwriter and production for local musicians as well as writing songs together. Although they formed ‘pretty.odd’ together back in 2014, they never looked to make a way back into the music industry instead deciding to just write and perform songs together for themselves.
This was until the summer of 2016, where the duo signed a record deal with independent label ‘Renegade Records’ which run out of their home town of Las Vegas. They took part in the ‘Reckless Infinity Tour’ earlier in the summer and following that, they decided to go into a recording studio and begin working on a collection of songs, although it’s undecided whether they’ll put out an album or an E.P, but it’s likely that we’ll finally hear some music from this duo in the coming months following the release of their debut single ‘Reminiscing’ on September 18, 2016.
Lyrics;“I’m always wondering what could have been
Old images ignite my mind
And truth be told, I miss the scene
I suppose in a way it’s like a fading summertime
That you just can’t grasp anymore
And the past few years have become a chore
Broken evenings on my bathroom floor
Maybe I don’t want to watch life pass me by some more
I can feel it deep inside my bones
There’s this bug inside of me, eating away at my soul
My mind tells me I’m a fool for being so stubborn
But I’m just a messed up kid
That’s fallen on some hard times
I still don’t trust what they did
And I can’t let it go from my mind
But I remember the day that I met that bratty girl
I’m not afraid of saying my world changed
And yes I’m still bitter
It will always hurt
But these days I’m reminiscing
To when we were two kids playing in the dirt
So forgive me for my shortcomings these past couple of years
I know we can never be friends like we were
I won’t support what you have become
But I won’t forget where we both came from
And so inside my mind
You will always be
That firecracker that I can’t help but see
I can feel it deep inside my bones
There’s this bug inside of me, eating away at my soul
My mind tells me I’m a fool for being so stubborn
But I’m just a messed up kid
That’s fallen on some hard times
I still don’t trust what they did
And I can’t let it go from my mind
But I remember the day that I met that bratty girl
I’m not afraid of saying my world changed
And yes I’m still bitter
It will always hurt
But these days I’m reminiscing
To when we were two kids playing in the dirt”
Personnel; Justin Mullen – lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards, lyrics, production
Nathan Mullen – backing vocals, drums, percussion, production
