Photo by Driely S.
Muzz, a new project made up of Paul Banks (Interpol), Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman) and Matt Barrick (drummer of Jonathan Fire*Eater, The Walkmen, and Fleet Foxes’ touring band) have announced their self-titled, debut album, which is set for a June 5 release.
In addition to the album announcement, the group has released a new single and accompanying video, "Red Western Sky." The group had previously released two other tracks, "Broken Tambourine" and "Bad Feeling."
“Josh has more training as a theory musician while Paul comes from a different perspective,” Barrick said via press release. “You never know how Paul’s gonna approach a song, lyrically and melodically, so it’s always unusual and exciting. Everyone is open to everyone else’s ideas. I think three is a great number of people for a band. We all had a big hand in everything."
"The music has this weird, super removed vibe but is also personal and emotional at the same time,” added Kaufman. “If something felt natural in a simple way, we left it. I’d never heard Paul’s voice framed like that—a string section, horns, guitars—we know none of that is visionary but it felt classic and kind of classy.”
“Ultimately, the music speaks for itself,” concluded Banks. “We have a genuine, organic artistic chemistry together. It’s partly a shared musical taste from youth, as with me and Josh, but then it’s also the souls of my friends that resonate with me when expressed through music. I think it’s cosmic.”
Preorder Muzz here, and watch the new "Red Western Sky" video below!"
