Nico Cann resurrected the reckless romance of 80s rock in his nostalgia-fuelled anthem, Lose My Mind

Nico Cann proved there’s room for more than one iconic Nico in the annals of alternative music with the sweeping choruses and riff-rife radiance of Lose My Mind. Britpop influences, in the vein of the Manic Street Preachers, shine through the augmented intensity of the radio-ready anthem that demands total surrender, while its transatlantic roots hum with the defiant electricity of 80s Americana. It’s a sonic collision of nostalgia and vitality that finds Cann standing at the intersection between youthful longing and adult reflection. Written in Milan and produced by long-time collaborator Thomas Mitchener, Lose My Mind carries a cinematic sense of romantic disillusionment, as Cann reflects on innocence lost and the ghosts of childhood loves that never quite existed outside imagination. There’s a sense of reaching for something half-remembered and half-invented, a yearning that seeps through every verse until it gives way to a closing riff that hits like a last gasp of catharsis. The track’s energy feels effortless, built on chemistry between instinct and intention, heart and precision. Born in Milan and now based in London, Nico Cann has spent the past few years shaping his own lane within rock revival. His history of recording at Abbey Road […]

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