Nick Andrea isn’t here to preserve the classics in amber, he’s here to set them on fire and rebuild them in his own voice. His latest single, “Vehicle,” is a swagger-drenched retrofit of a rock classic, injecting it with the brassy heat of jazz horns and the wild grit of blues-soaked vocals. It’s not just a cover, it’s a full-scale renovation.
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Right from the jump, the horns blast like neon flares, announcing that this isn’t the safe nostalgia trip you might expect. Andrea leans deep into his signature fusion style, letting his vocals growl and crackle with that unfiltered blues edge while the rhythm section lays down a sly, funky groove underneath. There’s this delicious tension in the track, the structure still hints at vintage rock, but it keeps getting hijacked by soulful detours and fiery horn lines that refuse to sit politely in the background.
Andrea’s confidence as a genre blender is magnetic. He treats the original material as a launchpad, not a leash, pushing it through smoky jazz phrasing one moment and gut-punch blues belting the next. It’s chaotic in the best way, the kind of chaos that feels alive.
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“Vehicle” marks another bold leap for Andrea as he preps his second solo album, Ve-hic-u-lar. If you only know him from his award-winning stint fronting Nic Andrea & The Verdict, this track shows just how wild and genre-fluid he’s willing to get on his own. It’s rowdy, sexy, and utterly uncontainable, exactly how rock revival should feel in 2025
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