JJUUJJUU | Desert Daze Co-Founder's Psych Rock Collective Shares New Track & Video by Micah Buzan (Adult Swim)

JJUUJJUU PSYCH ROCK COLLECTIVE FRONTED BY DESERT DAZE CO-FOUNDER PHIL PIRRONE SHARE NEW SINGLE “NOWHERE” VIDEO CREATED BY MICAH BUZAN (ADULT SWIM): LISTEN / WATCH HERE PERFORMING AT UK’S WIDE AWAKE FESTIVAL, MORE TOUR DATES COMING SOON 

JJUUJJUU Photo by Erica Weitz JJUUJJUU returns with “Nowhere,” their first single of 2023 coming ahead of their spring performance at UK’s Wide Awake Festival. The Southern California collective is a rotating ensemble of collaborators, wrangled by Los Angeles-based musician and Desert Daze co-founder Phil Pirrone. The visual for the track was created by animator Micah Buzan, who has worked on videos for Adult Swim and music videos / tour visuals for a variety of bands including Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Flaming Lips and The Claypool Lennon Delirium.  Hear “Nowhere” and watch the visual here: https://youtu.be/fp3unj5ORiw.  “Nowhere” follows the release of last fall’s “Daisy Chain” –JJUUJJUU’s first new single in four years, and “Crappy New Year.” Look for more from JJUUJJUU in the coming months including info on their forthcoming new album! WATCH & SHARE "NOWHERE" ABOUT JJUUJJUU In 2011, after ten years of touring as a bass player, Pirrone borrowed an SG and a DL4, and began his exploration of recording looped based music. JJUUJJUU’s debut release, 2013’s FRST EP, and subsequent stand alone single, “Bleck,” began to build excitement about the project. Throughout this period the lineup and instrumentation of JJUUJJUU moved in step with the project’s ethos of ephemera and flux, as JJUUJJUU continued to tour in several different configurations with Pirrone at their center, sharing stages with Claypool Lennon Delirium, Tortoise, Allah-Las, Temples, Tinariwen and others.  Over the next several years, Pirrone recorded in various spaces around California to document the songs that would eventually make up JJUUJJUU’s debut LP, Zionic Mud. Sessions included collaborations with Vinyl Williams, members of Lumerians, Dahga Bloom, and more. The album’s release was accompanied by alternate versions of the tracks remixed or reimagined by many of the band’s notable supporters including J Mascis, jennylee of Warpaint, Liars, Metz and Autolux. In support of Zionic Mud, JJUUJJUU toured opening for Primus, Mastodon, Kikagaku Moyo, Earthless and festivals including Pickathon, Nelsonville, M3F, and more.  Pirrone and company recorded two follow ups to 2018's Zionic Mud in spring of 2020 at home during the first wave of the pandemic. With extra time on his hands, Pirrone taught himself how to record and then sent tracks to long time band members Ian Gibbs and Joseph Assef. The tracks were sent around to Boogarins, Alex Edkins (Metz), and additional friends to be revealed soon. The band eventually wound up at Rancho De La Luna and put finishing touches on the record with Dave Catching and Jon Russo.