Unlikely Force
The concept of BNQT (pronounced “Banquet”) came to Eric Pulido while touring for Midlake’s 2013 release, Antiphon. Gathering a number of contrasting yet complementary artists he’d befriended or shared the stage with, Pulido set out to establish a new creative environment untethered from other work – “like a poor man’s version of the Traveling Wilburys!”, he says.
The introductory set includes 10 new, original songs and features five vocalists – Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses, Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, Fran Healy of Travis, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, and Pulido – each of whom wrote and sing two tracks, with backing from other Midlake members McKenzie Smith (drums), Joey McClellan (guitar) and Jesse Chandler (keys). Volume 1 was recorded and produced mostly at Midlake’s studio in Denton, Texas.
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