Mark Nieto has tangled with the Los Angeles underground for the better part of the last decade, appearing regularly on local radio, playing parties and fine-tuning an aesthetic that fits comfortable at the intersection of instrumental guitar music and experimental electronic structures. The native Angeleno is set to release his debut self-titled album on Friends of Friends, September 16 on digital/vinyl. COMBAT! gives us our first taste of the album with his debut single “Heavy Accent”. Stream the track above. Enjoy!
“Like a lot of people in LA, I never felt tied to any single music scene,” Nieto says. “It used to be normal for me to try and visit multiple venues in one night…’Heavy Accent’ was the first time that I felt I was able to express all of the ideas I had picked up from all of those different influences. It pushed me in a direction that helped determine how the rest of the songs on the record would sound.” – COMBAT!
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