Turkuaz’s Dave Brandwein Shares Two New Tasks and Debut Singles, “Wasteland” and “The Urge”

Dave Brandwein, founding member of Turkuaz, has debuted two singles from two new musical tasks, Band For Sale and New Originals. After a number of members of Turkuaz left the band in November of final yr to pursue different creative endeavors, Brandwein made the transfer from New York to Los Angeles to breath new life into his creative journey on his newest releases.

“Wasteland” is the primary single from New Originals, a collaborative effort with Rob O’Block, who first labored with Brandwein in 2018, certainly one of Turkuaz’s earlier data. The monitor options Daru Jones, Jack White’s drummer, Jerry Harrison of Speaking Heads and Turkuaz vocalist Danke, amongst others. The track is crammed with buzzing guitars and fuzzy vocals. 

The sound of Band For Sale’s single, “The Urge,” finds Brandwein in a extra stripped-down, reflective area. The upcoming album, Sleeping Solar, Waking Moon, is self-produced and combined, granting him full inventive management as he has labored on the folk-inspired file sporadically during the last decade. The album consists of collaborations from Taylor Shell, Brandwein’s fellow collaborator in Turkuaz and Prepare drummer, Matt Musty and Andrew Burri, previously of Lucius. 

“I’m simply discovering who I’m as an grownup, sober, not in a relationship or a part of a band, residing alone. I’m in a interval of rediscovery, which is admittedly terrifying… I’m taking this as a chance to determine it out. Having all this music come out after this time is form of like a purging of all these items that made me who I used to be earlier than and determining what the following section holds,” Brandwein mentioned in a press launch.

Hearken to New Unique’s first single, “Wasteland,” right here. 

Hearken to Band For Sale’s first single, “The Urge,” right here.