Nate Bergman - Metaphysical Change (2022) Hi-Res

Metaphysical Change was written & recorded in five time zones encompassing multiple continents. Twelve nationalities played on it, and 23 guest artists, including Travis Stever of Coheed & Cambria, Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance, Tucker Rule of Thursday, and Michael Ward of The Wallflowers.

Each performance serves as collaboration & endorsement. Metaphysical Change is not about passports or status; it's about musicians whose paths would usually never have crossed, creating together from afar.

"It's never gonna work." Has there ever been a sentence responsible for more great rock and roll? Like Tina Turner without Ike, Genesis without Peter Gabriel, or Dylan with an electric guitar, people said Metaphysical Change - Nate Bergman's blues steeped, country-inflected solo debut due May 20 via Velocity Records - was never gonna work.

Not only because Bergman is a curly-haired Jewish kid who sounds like Sam Cooke after 400 cigarettes. Not only because all his great country-music stories were written in the heart of metropolitan DC. No. Metaphysical Change was never gonna work because Nate Bergman got stuck overseas when the lockdowns hit.

Thousands of miles away from his collaborators, studio, and family, Bergman began recording demos all on his own, playing every instrument and stacking harmonies of his own voice. Nate felt Europe leaving its mark on songs like "Ode to Manchester" and "Goodbye Munich" just as isolation and loneliness began to leave their marks on songs like "Dark Horse, Sweet Horse" and "Into My Arms"- songs so full of longing, they just might burst inside your speakers.