Italian-American artist Lipford presents the magnetic, fleeting love letter of “ALL NIGHT LONG,” a slick and sultry new single that heralds a striking evolution in his transformation from guitarist to pop storyteller.
Having spent 17 years in the alternative rock trenches with his previous band, MANTRAM, Lipford is well-versed in the deep, weighty introspection of sound. “ALL NIGHT LONG” is something else, a rebirth that trades them for pulsating synths and stadium riffs for intimate, modern melodies. It is a clear-sighted narrative of life starting anew, chasing a new sound, and the hope of meaning in the stretches between heartbreak and healing.
Set to a production that dances and flickers like neon signs in the rain, “ALL NIGHT LONG” asks the question we’ve all muttered into a pillow at 2 a.m. can one worrying night make everything else go away? The song throbs with that same late-night energy that is seductive, elusive, and dripping with melancholy. Answering, Lipford leaves as his answer does not respond so much as emotional tension. It’s a combination of escapism and confrontation.
His singing is still buttery, with a gravitas that comes with the lived experience. There’s no pop pretension glossed over on this. “ALL NIGHT LONG” is music from a man who’s lost, wandered, and found pieces of himself in places that no one would imagine. For one thing, the chorus lands with a whispery kind of desperation rolled up in a neat, radio-friendly hook that sounds custom-made to soundtrack either a summer drive or a lonely walk.