Spring King's Tarek Musa launches his new project, Dead Nature: "I feel like I can put my complete heart on the line"

Even when Spring King decided to call it a day, nobody seriously expected it’d be the last we heard of the multi-talented Tarek Musa. Not only content with being the singing-sticksman in one of our favourite bands, he’s also somewhat of a self-starting legend, with a sideline producing all kinds of buzzy up-and-comers. No surprise, then, that he’s back at the coal face in double-quick time. Under the title Dead Nature, we caught up with Tarek to find out more about his debut EP. Hey Tarek, how’s it going? Enjoying summer? Summer has been eventful so far. I’ve locked myself away in studios for most of it working on Dead Nature… and with other bands, too. There’s so much great music out there, and I’ve been honoured to meet some of these artists this year. One of my favourite things about summer is definitely getting on my bicycle and clearing my head a bit. The weather is alright, and the birds are singing. I’ve sprained my ankle, though.

So Dead Nature then, congrats on your new project - are you completely on your own for it, or do you have some pals helping out? Thank you. Dead Nature is a complete solo songwriting expedition. I’m usually playing most parts in the studio, running between the drums, bass, guitars and keys. I’ve also had some great additional production input from my good buddy Joe Wills who has produced some great artists in the past like Stealing Sheep and All We Are. This project is definitely a vehicle I’m building to create music that I find pleasure in making, and someone finds pleasure in listening to.