
Bret McKenzie. Photo credit: Rebecca McMillan
Bret McKenzie has released a new single from his upcoming album, Songs Without Jokes. Watch the video for Dave's Place, here:
McKenzie says of the track,Ā āLike most of my songs I wrote this one night at home in Wellington while strumming away on my guitar. I then worked with producerĀ Mickey PetraliaĀ in L.A. to develop the initial idea. What started off as a three-chord country song, came out the other side an eightiesĀ Blade Runner, Dire Straits-esque jam. The song is called 'Daveās Place'Ā after the lateĀ Dave Bianco. Dave was an amazing audio engineer I worked with on various occasions in L.A., but he sadly passed away not long before I started making this record. Dave had a studio in the North Hollywood he referred to as 'Daveās placeā. After he passed I finally worked there and this is the track that came out of that session. I sometimes think Dave is watching over this one."Ā
