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The most recent in his expanding collection of collaboration songs was released by multi-instrumentalist Jay Weinberg (Fuming Mouth, ex-Slipknot/Suicidal Tendencies), as per theprp. This time, he collaborates on the song “Drown Fountain” with Canadian grungegazers Softcult. Weinberg makes his singing debut with Sofcult‘s Mercedes Arn-Horn on this most recent song.
‘Drown Fountain‘ is this weird song I started writing back in 2013 that I’d keep revisiting over the years, but I could never figure out how to get it across the finish line. It took my introduction to Softcult‘s music and reaching out to see if they’d be interested in collaborating for the song to finally become what it was meant to be. It’s an honor to work with them on this song, especially in that it feels more vulnerable than anything I’ve created in the past. I’ve never sang before, I’ve always had my loud drums to ‘protect me’ in a way…it’s all new and exciting territory, and to have Mercedes and Phoenix help me bring it to life in this beautiful way has been an artistic dream.
This most recent song is the result of Weinberg‘s partnerships with NOWHERE2RUN (Code Orange) and George Clarke of Deafheaven. Weinberg has expressed his enthusiasm for the work of artist Paul Romano (Mastodon, Trivium), who has been called in to manage the visuals for this series of singles.
I’ve been an avid fan of Paul’s work ever since I was in an Ozzfest mosh pit seeing this insane painting of Moby Dick (Romano’s cover for Mastodon’s Leviathan) raised up as a stage banner. Ever since then, I’ve been enamored with the worlds that he creates for the artists he works with. We’ve become friends over the years, and as I’ve been creating these songs, I pitched the idea to him about designating one color of the rainbow to each individual collaboration. He’s taken that idea, the lyrics and stories behind these songs, and created something I never could have done, on my own.
That’s pretty much the spirit of this project anyway; not really starting a full-on new band with different groups of friends, where we all have busy creative lives and responsibilities filling our schedules…but rather a low-pressure, single-song way to make something that’s eclectic and exciting, that creates a larger, dynamic picture altogether. I’m so stoked to see where it goes from here.
