Nicole Atkins (2014)

Animated by Ilinca Höpfner, internationally renowned animator who has worked with Nick Cave and Grinderman.

“Nicole Atkins is done playing it safe.”

– Rolling Stone

“It really evokes Nicole Atkins’ spirit. She is one of those people who is so inventive in everything she does.”

– NPR Music

In each song she creates, Nicole Atkins reveals her incredible power to transport listeners to a much more charmed time and space. On her new album Italian Ice, the New Jersey-bred singer/songwriter conjures the romance and danger and wild magic of a place especially close to her heart: the Jersey Shore in all its scrappy beauty. Inspired by the boardwalk’s many curiosities—the crumbling Victorian mansions, the lurid and legendary funhouse, the Asbury Park rock-and-roll scene she played a key part in reviving—Atkins ultimately transforms her never ending fascination into a wonderland of her own making. 

“When you’re on the boardwalk there’s a feeling that anything can happen, and that’s the feeling I tried to create with this record,” Atkins says. “I wanted to give people something they can put on and buy into a fantasy that gets them excited about what might happen in their own lives.”

Read more about Nicole Atkins on her website at: https://www.nicoleatkins.com/