gnash has released his deeply touching new single, “wet cement,” via Overall Recordings/Atlantic Records. Co-written and co-produced by gnash – a.k.a. Garrett Nash – and Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter John Mark Nelson, the powerful new track has been heralded in recent weeks by a series of social media teasers, generating interest and intrigue among his worldwide fan following.
“after a friend told me his dad has cancer, i wrote this song as an exercise in pre-grieving,” says gnash. “my parents are older, and i’ve lost friends & uncles & grandparents along the way, but never had the perfect song to say, ‘i miss you, come back home.’ this song is for everyone i’ve ever missed (& ever will).”
“wet cement” kicks off a busy creative season for gnash, with lots more to come through year’s end. This spring saw the release of The Art of Letting Go, a 12-song collection gathering all ten tracks featured on his acclaimed series of double-sided singles along with two brand new tracks, “Balance” and the project-closing “Be Here Now.”
The monthly succession of new singles began last October with one, featuring “Seasons” backed by the previously released “Palm Trees.” November then saw the arrival of two, which includes “Family, Man” (co-written and co-produced by gnash with singer-songwriter Annika Bennett) backed with the previously released “Money, Love & Death.” Next came three, featuring two brand new songs about love in “Guiding Light” and “I Got A Lot To Lose.” The series continued into 2023 with four, featuring “Rainbow” and what proved the album’s title track, “The Art of Letting Go.” five, the fifth installment in the series, features “Time” and “Life (Everybody Dies).”
gnash has also made time for an array of collaborations, including a special surprise on-stage appearance alongside Olivia O’Brien earlier this week at Los Angeles, CA’s The Moroccan Lounge. Recent alliances include “Glass on the Shelf,” a heartfelt collaboration with acclaimed singer-songwriter Mark Diamond, as well as “granola bars,” his playfully organic duet with fellow chart-topping singer-songwriter Annika Wells. Last year also saw a stunning series of deeply personal singles released by gnash under his birth name of Garrett Nash, including “Where The Sidewalk Ends“ (a collaboration with 7x JUNO Award-nominated Canadian singer-songwriter Scott Helman), “The Middle Of Nowhere,” “Super Glue,” Shwayze x Garrett Nash’s “Breathe In,” and a nostalgic cover of his childhood favorite, Fountains of Wayne’s “Stacy’s Mom.“