Bad & The Ugly

Singer, songwriter Nate Hess has created an identity playing under the blunt name <a href="spotify:artist:7EwBMwfT59GKUPA9kHuu6O" data-name="Bad &amp; The Ugly">Bad &amp; The Ugly</a>. Heavily influenced by artists like <a href="spotify:artist:5mFKYdmiYwNJTDtSzgFyQx" data-name="Andy Shauf">Andy Shauf</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:74gcBzlQza1bSfob90yRhR" data-name="City and Colour">City and Colour</a> but with a unique twist of darker acoustic overtones within his music. With haunting harmonies and honest lyrics, <a href="spotify:artist:7EwBMwfT59GKUPA9kHuu6O" data-name="Bad &amp; The Ugly">Bad &amp; The Ugly</a> has been picking up momentum with two self released EP&#39;s <a href="spotify:album:35XQJNEdvGyk1Wl8XuEaQh" data-name="Skin and Bones">Skin and Bones</a> and <a href="spotify:album:1XsRTvjjeB0iebU0lrRAxk" data-name="Slept in the Pages">Slept in the Pages</a>. Opening for artists like <a href="spotify:artist:66ScZxprvrMbCtN4ivA0JX" data-name="Kevin Devine">Kevin Devine</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1acLmH4vW6PaaqDCDyNf46" data-name="Danny Black">Danny Black</a> of <a href="spotify:artist:33szNKNcVX8x0jl8X7hxHL" data-name="Good Old War">Good Old War</a>, Dan Andriano of <a href="spotify:artist:1aEYCT7t18aM3VvM6y8oVR" data-name="Alkaline Trio">Alkaline Trio</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5aYf0AInMznHfXGaemKEBv" data-name="Craig Owens">Craig Owens</a> of <a href="spotify:artist:4ZIBrskTJWmkJUvM7uAu1o" data-name="Chiodos">Chiodos</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6XjXff8FNS5CqpF8dVAtoo" data-name="Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows">Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows</a>. Selling thousands of physical/digital copies and receiving national/international terrestrial radio play, Nate is no stranger to the musician lifestyle as he toured the US numerous times with hardcore band <a href="spotify:artist:4wgPW4HX1QFzWTjCcTOBGW" data-name="A Shattered Hope">A Shattered Hope</a>.
Hess isn’t the first post-hardcore musician to evolve into a haunted folk-singer, but songs like <a href="spotify:track:2NckoHHQCxoJ7SS1ddwfKm" data-name="My Empty Ghost">My Empty Ghost</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:track:2QH87lGL24zZJ8hDghezkC" data-name="Who&#39;s Gonna Love You">Who&#39;s Gonna Love You</a> show that he is capable of serving up a static mood unlike most. Snake bite string bends glide along and push forward on both records, but it’s the space between the sullen notes that echo through a visual canyon that becomes more vivid with each listen. By keeping his toes out of the all-too-familiar San Diego surfer folk/rock pool, the songs sound like they just blew in with the wind – from nowhere in particular. - author Corey Mccomb