Des Rocs – Nowhere Kid

The announcement of Des Rocs' 2023 album Dream Machine was delivered via “Nowhere Kid.” Following “Never Ending Moment,” “Nowhere Kid” touches on isolation, identity, and struggling with a feeling of belonging.

Danny Rocco, aka Des Rocs, shared, “’Nowhere Kid’ is an anthem for the lonely. A battle hymn for anyone wrestling with the isolation of modern life. Growing up, I struggled to reconcile my dreams with my surroundings. There was this constant inner-monologue that ran in circles around who I was versus who I wanted to be. I hope Nowhere Kid can be a beacon to guide those struggling with a dreadful sense of solitude out of their darkness.”

“I grew up worshiping the enormous scale of rock n roll.” He continues, “I was obsessed with the awesome spectrum of people it could unite. Soon the guitar became my ultimate escape. When I played I could pour years of bottled-up feelings through my fingers and express myself in a way I never thought possible. I’d imagine myself on the stages of my heroes, and soon became singularly-focused on how I could one day stand on the shoulders of giants.

Dream Machine arrived on August 25, 2023, garnering critical acclaim and worldwide attention. Rocs revealed, “I wanted to make an album that captured the same magic that changed my life. But it was important to push the genre. To filter larger-than-life emotions through the lens of my own experiences. Dream Machine is an album that embodies the dreams of that little kid standing in front of the TV watching Queen at Wembley. Dream Machine is a vessel.”