New York native and recent Spoon recruit Benny Trokan today shares the latest offering from his debut solo album Do You Still Think of Me (to be released on August 23) – “Nowhere To Be Found.” The record will not only be his solo debut, but his Wick/Daptone Records debut. Trokan will also play a NYC/hometown record release show on August 21 at Union Pool, more info below. Listen to “Nowhere To Be Found” and presave Do You Still Think of Me here.

Trokan’s 60s/70s souldies-rock shows his more vulnerable side on “Nowhere To Be Found” – at least lyrically – as he sings about lost loves and heady ruminations on those who have walked away. Trokan sang most of the vocals on the record live, lending to the raw, wriggling feeling throughout.

On his debut solo album, Benny Trokan worked with Wayne Gordon (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Lee Fields, BadBadNotGood producer), Spoon’s Jim Eno, Gabe Roth…. The list goes on. He says that “It’s pretty insane I got all these talented people on this joker” — but when you hear the expertly-concocted combo of British Invasion, American garage rock, sweet soul & low-rider souldies, with a dash of the Morricone Spaghetti Western drama a la The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, it makes sense why legendary producers and rock n rollers were so eager to work with Benny.

Of the single, Trokan says: “‘Too Far Gone’ was the first single I released, and I think I wrote this one with that song in mind.  The riff just kinda came out of thin air when I was messing around one day and it sounded real tough. Plus, I liked that it was a quasi response song to one of my own – like the Outsiders having a song identical to ‘Time Won’t Let Me,’ or the Icemen singing about foxes.”

Benny writes music that’s too cool for the A side. In his own words, “I like to think that someone discovering my music is similar to the feeling I get finding a record I’ve never heard before, or flipping over a 45 to find out that the b-side is really where it’s at. Those are the songs that always do it for me.”

Trokan had long made a name for himself playing with Robbers on High Street, Lee Fields’ Expressions, The Jay Vons, Reigning Sound, and Charles Bradley’s Extraordinaires. He also had a brief stint in Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. His most recent collaborative exploit has been contributing his talents to Spoon’s GRAMMY-nominated album Lucifer on the Sofa. For this record, Daptone’s Gabriel Roth (aka Bosco Mann) invited Trokan out to his newly christened studio, Penrose Recorders, in Riverside, CA. With longtime friends and musical associates, Mikey Post (drums) and Morgan King (bass), most of the tracks were recorded live to 8-track tape; with acclaimed Daptone producer/engineer Wayne Gordon touching up with overdubs.

Thus the name of the single is fitting; it’s time for Benny Trokan to take center stage. Later this summer, he’ll play two record release shows: August 18 at Gold Diggers in LA, and August 21 at Union Pool in NYC.