Brooklyn trip-hop duo CONCUSSA has released “tabula rasa,” a single the band says marks a heavier, more guitar-driven direction than its earlier work. The track, out November 6, was produced with collaborator Rafe Cohan, who records as White Cliffs, and pairs the group’s atmospheric trip-hop textures with harder rock arrangements. An accompanying video shot at Brooklyn metal bar Lucky 13 Saloon is set for release November 13.
CONCUSSA is composed of Luke Lotardo and Caroline Jamison, who met at Bushwick’s Slide Studios. According to the band, Lotardo wrote the song’s first verse as a poem in response to the January killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, later developing it with Cohan’s instrumental and finishing the choruses with Jamison. The group cites Portishead, Massive Attack, Sade and Radiohead as influences and has released three previous singles since June 2026, including a trip-hop version of the Hex Girls’ theme from Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost.
Lotardo is also a film composer who has scored short films including The Hatchling and Debuten, and previously played in the band Bohemians. Jamison, formerly of Retro Glam, conceptualized and edited the video for “tabula rasa.”
Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Meijin (nothingsshockingmedia.com).