Turkuaz have shared a new single, “Ophidiophobia,” which features the Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew. The group, Belew and Harrison were set to collaborate on a tour this past summer, where they would perform the Talking Heads’ Remain In Light, as well as other material.

This coming weekend (Sept. 24-26), Turkuaz, Harrison and Belew will perform a never-before-seen set at Bonnaroo’s Virtual ROO-ALITY broadcast. The new single will be performed live at that performance for the very first time.

“This was yet another great collaboration experience with Josh [Schwartz] building on a groove/bassline that Taylor [Shell] brought in to some writing sessions we had here at my studio,” said Turkuaz frontman Dave Brandwein (via press release). Of the writing process, he adds, “I think most of us took a small amount of these mushroom capsules I had. Turns out they weren’t so ‘micro’ and some of us had a bit more of an experience than we’d planned for. But we carried on and tried to let the grooves take over! Once Taylor started on this bassline I think we may have just jammed on it for about 40 minutes straight.”

“We had always planned on doing a little bit of Turkuaz material in the upcoming ‘Remain in Light’ tour with Adrian Belew and Jerry Harrison,” continued Brandwein (via press release). “Once the pandemic hit and the tour was postponed, I started to think this would be a really nice track to have those guys on.” According to a press release, “Harrison and Belew added in their parts remotely and the “Remain in Light” ensemble put something special together for this weekend’s Virtual ROO-ALITY to honor the collaboration.”

Read more about Turkuaz’s collaboration with Harrison and Belew here: Turkuaz: Once in a Lifetime

Listen to the new track here: orcd.co/ophidiophobia