In a recent press conference with °1824, Nick Anderson, the soft-spoken but sharp-minded frontman of The Wrecks, greeted fellow press outlets with a kind of quiet charisma. He wasn’t trying to sell anyone on his band. He wasn’t pushing a narrative. He was just talking. And that made it all the more powerful. Anderson described a creative process born not from the need to please an audience, but from something far more intimate: a need to connect with himself. “The music is for me,” he said plainly-not in a dismissive way. He loves that people relate to the songs, but that’s not the goal. If a track resonates with fans, that’s a bonus, not the blueprint. The key old question for musicians is “what is this track about?” or “who is the target audience?”. Anderson used a great example and explained that if he were writing a song about how to build a desk, the point of the track is not to explain how to create a desk.
He’s crafting emotion, not instruction. And if people find themselves in the lyrics, that’s a lucky overlap. A question from a press outlet sparked the creative process of The Wrecks latest project. It was revealed his self-focused creativity blossomed in the quiet chaos of isolation. Anderson spoke about being “locked away for so long,” a time where friends drifted and time went on.“Mother Nature is setting the scene,” he said. The line stuck. Nature doesn’t ask to be noticed; it just keeps growing. So does The Wrecks music. There’s a privilege in being heard, and Nick knows that. “I’m lucky people relate to it,” he said, with the kind of humility that’s rare in this ever-changing industry. They make music that waits patiently to be discovered. Songs that feel like conversations you stumble into and never want to leave. And that’s what makes them worth listening to. Check out The Wrecks' new EP album INSIDE - out now.
- Gabrielle Sanchez
