BNQT, a new indie super group conceived and led by Eric Pulido of Midlake, havedebuted new track, Unlikely Force, featuring Band Of Horses’ BenBridwell on vocals. The track comes from their“sumptuous, immensely pleasurable” (Uncut) debut album, Volume 1, set for release on April 28 via Last/GangDualtone (Entertainment One companies). Listen to the wistful, psychedelictrack over at Pitchfork.

Says Pulido: "Unlikely Force was the first of all the album tunes that we worked on and a guinea pig of sorts. We wanted a lush 70s feel good vibe and Ben's song was a perfect foundation to build upon that ultimately set the precedent for what was to come!”

Volume 1 includes ten new, original songs and features five vocalists – BenBridwell of Band of Horses, Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, Fran Healy ofTravis, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, and Pulido – who wrote and sing twotracks each, with backing from other Midlake members; McKenzie Smith(drums), Joey McClellan (guitar) and Jesse Chandler (keys). Volume 1 wasrecorded and produced mostly at Midlake’s studio in Denton, TX.

The concept of BNQT (pronounced “Banquet”) came to Pulido while touring forMidlake's 2013 release, Antiphon. Gathering a number of contrasting yetcomplementary artists he’d befriended or shared the stage with, Pulido setout to establish a new creative environment untethered from other work – “Like a poor man’s version of the Traveling Wilburys!” he says.

Artist Website: bnqtband.wixsite.com/bnqtband