Brooklyn punk trio
B Boys bassist/vocalist Brendon Avalos experimental solo project
Gift Wrap has revealed the video for his new single "
Losing Count".
The song is the title track from of his upcoming debut album 'Losing Count', set to arrive on March 2nd. Pre-order your copy
here.
As an artist, Avalos embraces spontaneity and immediacy in his work. “One thing that B Boys taught me musically is that ideas that feel spur-of-the-moment or come quick, end up being some of the best songs.” Leaning further into this approach for Gift Wrap, he purchased his first drum machine - a DR202 - and set up a small studio in his apartment, giving himself 24/7 access to testing out ideas right as they came to him. The rewards? The hook-filled title track, a standout on the album, which he recalls “was the first song I wrote in a day with no intentions of recording it, and it may be the most structured and realized song on the album.”
Losing Count is the culmination of a personal goal Avalos set two years ago: to see through the completion of a collection of music all his own. “Artistically, I think the sole purpose of this record was to just do everything. An exercise in realizing a full concept without seeing what the end result would be.” As it turns out, that end result is a 13-track experimental pop album that packs a large punch with influences ranging from early new wave acts like Depeche Mode and OMD to Frank Ocean.
Watch the video below.