Multi-instrumentalist Jay Weinberg (Suicidal Tendencies, ex-Slipknot, etc.) has unveiled his new self-titled solo project. He first indicated back in December of 2024 that he had been pursuing a solo venture. For this initial track from it, “Sandstone“, he is joined by Deafheaven vocalist George Clarke.

A visualizer for that track is available below. Recording sessions haven taken place across multiple sessions in Nashville, TN and Los Angeles, CA. While primarily known as a drummer, Weinberg also plays guitar and has assumed that role in this project.

Outside of this song debut, Weinberg has also revealed his intentions to release a guest-filled debut EP from this collaboration-driven project in early 2026. He told Wall Of Sound that the genesis for this song in particular dates back roughly 6-8 years:

“Oh boy. I’m really excited about it. I’ve been working on this song specifically between six and eight years. Guitar is actually the instrument that I started with. I started playing drums when I was 14, but I started playing guitar when I was nine, and that’s always been my primary writing instrument. Whenever I sit down to write stuff, it’s typically with a guitar first.

And so I’ve thrown together different versions of what I would want to do with these songs, material I’ve written for a long, long time, and it just kind of started to make sense where I felt comfortable recording all the instruments myself, and then kind of pitching a song here or a song there to friends of mine.”

He continued:

“I’ve always wanted to collaborate with mainly vocalists and just create a very low pressure, like, ‘Hey, here’s a song, why don’t we’, instead of… ‘oh, we got to start a side project.’ In the instance of ‘Sandstone‘, I really felt like the music I was creating really lent itself to what my friend George Clarke would be able to do with his voice and his lyrics, and I just kind pitched it to him like, ‘Hey, let’s do this one song’.

And he heard that loud and clear, came in and completely schooled it. It was incredible to watch it come to a fully realized form of a song.”

He went on to add:

“It’s the first song I’ve ever released under my own name, and it’s the first song in a series of collaborations, an EP that I have that’s in various stations of completion, but that I’m hoping to have out in the early part of 2026.”