A Burial At Sea have shared a new collaborative single with prolific American solo musician, accompanist, composer and producer Peter Broderick (Efterklang, Villagers, Nils Frahm) through Berlin’s Pelagic Records.

‘Boss Man Tony With His Big Heart’ is the product of a formative, years-long relationship that all started with a chance encounter on social media in 2020. A fleeting clip of fractured funk drumming caught the attention of Peter Broderick and subsequently became the catalyst for drummer and A Burial At Sea co-founder Patrick Blaney’s musical trajectory.

Blaney handed the raw recordings to Broderick and, over the following four years of collaboration and friendship, the idea known then only as ‘Tony’ began to take shape. Finally finished, Blaney’s broken drum groove is still the stuttering heart of the track whilst sombre piano chords float amidst swelling bass drone and Broderick’s plaintive violin motif whilst the whole track erupts intermittently into jarring, joyous cacophony; channelling the bittersweet emotive depth for which A Burial At Sea are now renowned.

A Burial At Sea’s Patrick Blaney on ‘Boss Man Tony’:

“Myself and Peter met back in 2021. I was always a big fan and noticed on social media that he’d recently moved to the Motherland, so I just gave him a DM to see if he needed a drummer for any of his projects. One thing led to another and we were rehearing together for his album tour. This sessioning gig snowballed into my full-time career in music, so I’ve Peter to thank for that! 

During this time we worked sporadically on a tune with the working title ‘Tony’ and finally we’ve had the time to finish it. Here’s hoping we can get more collaborations out together soon.”