“Fade Out” is a song “with several facets,” says B.C. songwriter Brandon Wolfe Scott (Yukon Blonde) about his new single. “On the top level it's a song about modern society and how we, as a society, are losing the ability to focus due to the accessibility and obsession with social media. Unfortunately, I often feel as if our attention spans are lapsing because we are so used to receiving information at lightning speed and being kept entertained by these instantaneous hits of dopamine, and that we can’t sit and focus without reaching out for those moments.

The second level is how this all affects me personally in general. Those close to me, and certainly my partner, are consistently telling me that I easily tend to ‘fade out’ during conversations and it's actually been jokingly coined as ‘hologramming’ by friends, but that didn't roll off the tongue as nicely in the context of the song!

And on a third level this song is about very specific situations that started to surface due to living in close quarters with my partner during the pandemic. As lockdown started to stretch on longer and longer, these habits of ‘fading out’ were becoming more prominent and noticeable, and inevitably started to weigh on our relationship. I wanted to write a song to myself as a reminder, almost like a mantra, to stay in the present and accountable.”

MORE ABOUT BRANDON WOLFE SCOTT

Brandon Wolfe Scott is a singer-songwriter based in Vancouver, Canada. His previous body of work, Burden On Your Shoulders EP, was released in January of 2020 via Dine Alone Records, gained him nationwide recognition and cemented in the public eye his talents as a songwriter, engineer, and producer.

Scott is best known as the guitarist and co-songwriter in the JUNO Award nominated indie rock group Yukon Blonde. They recently released Vindicator - their 5th self-produced album in November 2020. Other notable collaborations include co-writing and producing with STACEY on her debut album Saturn Return released in May of 2021.