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Heavy Duty Publishing Welcomes Whitmer Thomas

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Whitmer Thomas is a musician, comedian, actor, and screenwriter from Gulf Shores, Alabama. In 2020, Whitmer’s stand-up special The Golden One premiered on HBO, which was accompanied by Songs from the Golden One (Hardly Art), his first full-length musical project. Next came The Older I Get the Funnier I Was. A single listen through the album conjures the ennui of Bright Eyes alongside the barefaced storytelling of John Prine, the overstuffed lists of Fred Thomas with the lackadaisical humor of Colleen Green, among many others. Also influenced by his teenage musical heroes Blink-182, Whitmer surveys a range of emotion, but offers a broad sonic palette, too, moving between pop punk, electro, and obvious influence of the singer-songwriters he grew up listening to in early childhood. Funny, and also faithful to the experience of time, as it moves ever onwards in fits and starts between the mundane, the tragic, the ecstatic and rare sublime.

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Heavy Duty Publishing Welcomes Nightfeelings

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Nick Weiss aka Nightfeelings cut his teeth in Brooklyn’s DIY electronic scene in the 2010s, as one-half of Teengirl Fantasy. Nightfeelings loves blessed obsessive sound design, perfect synths, and the boss level musical challenge that is making innovative pop. Nightfeelings has worked with a super wide range of artists such as Kelela, Lafawndah, Romanthony, Izzy Spears, Babyxsosa, Laurel Halo, SSION, Miss Madeline + CLIP, Dillon, Harmony (ex Girlpool), The Drums, Brooke Candy, Samantha Urbani, Liam Benzvi, Panda Bear, Messer aka Mitch Grassi, Pretty Sick, Kalifa (fka Le1f), Ydegirl, and TR/ST. Nightfeelings is also part of Anonymous Club, a new music and culture collective by Shayne Oliver envisioning the future.  Nightfeelings is based in LA and likes Wild and Lethal Trash.

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Heavy Duty Publishing Welcomes Anthoine Walters

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Anthoine Walters was discovered/signed by Frank Dukes and specializes in making vocal samples / melodies that producers and artists chop up and use in their production. He also joins sessions as a topliner and is great on keys. A few of his bigger cuts so far are “Wow” by Post Malone, “Pipe Down” by Drake, and “Heaven’s EP” by J.Cole. He just recently co-produced Brent Faiyaz’s new single “WY@”, Trippie Redd and Kid Laroi’s song “Wind”, Drakes “Polar Opposites” and has additionally secured upcoming placements with artists such as Toosii, Blxst, Joyner Lucas, and more.