Brad Frye (Red Mesa, Desert Records) premieres dark, twangy track »Desert Is As Desert Does«

Brad Frye (Red Mesa, Droni Eye Omi and Desert Records owner) premieres new single »Desert Is As Desert Does« taken from his first solo album, »Reverberations From The American Southwest«, set to release on August 7th, 2026 via Desert Records.

Tracklist:
01. Cactus Wrench
02. The Immense And Bloodslaked Waste
03. Ghosts Along The Bosque
04. The Raven Sees All
05. Merciless Sun
06. Celestial Skies
07. Three Gun
08. Desert Is As Desert Does
09. The Good, The Brad, And The Ugly
10. Crossing The Malpais
11. Drone Of The Spotted Towhee
12. Temazcal
13. Stone Hut
14. Upon The Bones Cholla Cactus Sat Vultures
15. Gila

Courtesy of Desert Bloom PR:

Song premiere of dark, twangy track »Desert Is As Desert Does« from Brad Frye’s upcoming debut solo album.

“Easy enough to imagine Frye with the guitar, amp and a pedal board in the car, driving out into the desert around Albuquerque, finding his spots and hopping out to do a bit of self-recording.
The key is immersion, and »Desert Is As Desert Does« represents just a sliver of the world the album unfolds.” – JJ Koczan/The Obelisk

Song premiere via The Obelisk!

Brad Frye is known as the owner of Desert Records, founder of Red Mesa, and half of the duo Droni Eye Omi.

In the spring of 2025, Brad Frye set out to self-record his first solo album.

Armed with a Reverend baritone guitar, a Fender Champ tube amp, a solar powered generator, and a pedal board, Frye hiked out to remote locations around Albuquerque, NM.

Frye set up a Zoom H6 recorder to capture the ambient natural sounds of the New Mexican landscape. Birds, trains, rivers, wind, insects, and animals are heard throughout the songs.

Drone meets spaghetti western.
Partially composed, but mostly improvised, this is hypnotic and mesmeric instrumental electric guitar music.

100% recorded outside in the high desert….

…A love letter to New Mexico.

Pre-order »Reverberations From The American Southwest« on vinyl:
elasticstage.com | bradfryemusic.bandcamp.com

Written, performed, recorded and produced by Brad Frye.
Guitar, harmonica and field recordings by Brad Frye.
Mixed by Ronaldo Baca at Orange Cat Studios.
Mastered by Alan F Jones at Laminal Audio.
Album cover photo by Diego Pani.
Logo by Joshua Mathus.
Layout by Dave Walsh.

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well