The Middlenight Men release their catchy new power-pop single “Rat Star” today.
The band were formed by Nick Hughes who bought long time friend Leon Cave (Status Quo) along for the ride and worked with producer Andy Brook who he met whilst previously in the Soho based power pop band The Role Models in 2015. “Rat Star” is the follow up single to the well received debut track “B.A. Baby”.
Nick has said of the song, “Rat Star” is the song everyone needs right now. A fan couldn’t have put it better when they said “This is brilliant, just what we all need right now – no nonsense, unapologetic rock n’ roll FUN! Love it, more sparklers all round!
️” And that’s everything it was intended to be. Unapologetic fun, a method of escapism of everything 2020.
Nick’s reputation was made from a decade of touring the UK circuit, and hitting the bars of Camden just as much. It was a chance encounter in 2013 with Chris McCormack (3 Colours Red, The Professionals) that landed him a session gig playing in The Yo-Yos with Chris’s brother, Danny McCormack. Additionally, Nick also works with Terrorvision. Love Zombies amongst others.
Nick decided to write his own music when inspiration finally hit whilst he was on a South American tour with the band “Duncan Reid and The Bigheads” (feasting Duncan ‘Kid’ Reid of ’77 power pop band The Boys). During a 3 day stint in Buenos Aires, Nick found himself lone guitarist (due to his partner in crime missing TWO planes) and at the full mercy of the Latino fans. Over these 3 days he found himself in some intense situations, with no ability to speak the language and being driven to parties in the middle of nowhere and struggling to find his way from gig to gig. Nick wrote the album “ISSUE 1” over the next year and went in the studio with Leon and Andy in November 2019. Some of Nicks favourite colleagues over the last decade joined to make the album and the line up of The Middlenight Men “Issue 1” became clearer. Why The Middlenight Men? While lyrically it embodies the thoughts that invade our dreams when we’re trying to remember or trying to forget, it’s key meaning is how it represents the band. A group of individuals all with their own back stories and projects that come together at various times to unite to spread excitement and anthems among their fanbase.