Bratakus Release “Turnstile” Single & Announce “Hagridden” Album

Formed in 2015 by two sisters Brèagha Cuinn and Onnagh Cuinn outside a small whiskey village called Tomintoul in the Highlands, Bratakus have been fiercely DIY since their inception. Following the release of their Final Girls and Tokened singles earlier this year, Bratakus are back with their ferocious new single, Turnstile, and the news that their new album Hagrridden, is set for release February 13th through Venn Records. Having struck up a friendship and mutual respect with The Hives on tour, Bratakus recorded and produced the album at Studio Gröndahl in Sweden with bass player Johan Gustafsson, their new single also features the band’s beatmaster, Chris Dangerous, on drums. 

“Johan surprised us with Chris’ feature on this track. The whole recording session was a bit of a last-minute experience, but when we were leaving Johan asked if we would mind him experimenting and adding real drums to one of the songs to see how it would sound. We said we didn’t mind, and then we didn’t hear anything for a few weeks. We were on the ferry on our way back from a gig when we got the email with the track and found out that Chris had actually come in to record drums for us! We played it live together in Barcelona when we were on tour with The Hives and to this day it’s the only time we’ve ever performed with a human drummer!” (Brèagha Cuinn)