Multi-instrumentalist Jay Weinberg (Fuming Mouth, ex-Slipknot/Suicidal Tendencies) has issued the latest in his growing series of collaborative tracks. This time around he’s paired with Canadian grungegazers Softcult on a track titled “Drown Fountain“. This latest track finds Weinberg making his vocal debut alongside Sofcult‘s Mercedes Arn-Horn. Weinberg said of this new foray:
“‘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 latest track follows Weinberg‘s collaborations with Deafheaven‘s George Clarke and NOWHERE2RUN (Code Orange). Artist Paul Romano (Mastodon, Trivium, etc.) has been brought into oversee the visuals for this series of singles, with Weinberg stating of his admiration for the latter’s work:
“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.”
