Brother Derek

Here, Dear Reader, is a Q&A feature on the new release, courtesy of Music Crowns. Happy Friday!

Interview with Brother Derek | Interviews - Music Crowns A classically trained cellist by background, Derek Wu launched Brother Derek in 2016 as an outlet for what Splendid eZine once called his “capable, considerably-itchy talent for battered noise-pop.” The project threads Brill Building-influenced songwriting through post-punk energy, midwestern po...

Greetings! Hope all’s been swell with you! Well we’re putting finishing touches on a four song EP that sounds, how-you-say, h***y. As in, has horns (hardy-har!) Hopefully, you’ll find it to be an engaging and mostly fun antidote to dour times. More on that soon.

Also, we’re returning to the Montrose Saloon stage for the Chicago installment of the International Pop Overthrow music festival this April 17-25. We’ll update soon on where we land in the schedule.

On a more immediate note, for those of you who follow my Anti-Fracture project with the Noth Brothers, Wiley Radio has kindly offered tomorrow (Tuesday) evening to premiere Anti-Fracture’s first single in a minute, called “Remembered Streets,” on their “Scrapyard” radio show that runs 7-9 p.m. CST. The song will be on streaming services starting this Wednesday. Single art by Alex Wu.

That’s it for now!

-D