PRIDE DEMON is Brother Trade’s tribute to Pride 2026: a collection of queer dance songs about joy, resistance, memory and survival. Featuring two brand new songs written especially for Pride (Pride Demon and The Floor We Dance On), an updated version of Drummer Boys (Protect The Dolls) re-written and re-recorded in solidarity with the trans community, and two, yes two! brand new, exclusive Drummer Boys (Protect the Dolls) Pride 2026 Rework bonus remixes inspired by one of my favourite bands, Everything But The Girl and all the queer club music that shaped my own experience of Pride. This record is for sweaty dance floors, late nights confessionals, and a small thanks to the people who built them. The bonus remixes are available exclusively with purchase of the digital EP and won’t be released anywhere else.

I didn’t really plan to make an album.

These songs just kept showing up. Usually late. Usually when things felt a bit closer to the surface than I expected.

A lot of it sits in the body. Not just sex, but the memory of it. The people that stay longer than they should. The moments you go back to, even when you know better.

Some of these tracks are direct. Physical. About desire coming back in ways I hadn’t really let myself explore before. Others sit somewhere quieter. About connection, misread signals, getting pulled in, staying too long.

I came out at 21 and never looked back. Lived openly, no hesitation. But it’s taken me longer to understand what that actually means for me. This record sits somewhere in that gap. Between being out and actually knowing yourself.

There are a few versions of me in here. The one learning. The one pushing back. The one who should’ve left earlier but didn’t.

Musically it follows the same instinct. Drum machines, bass that holds things in place, guitars and synths sitting underneath. Nothing too clean. It needed to feel a bit worn in.

I made all of this myself. Just following it as it came.

None of these songs really resolve. They stop where they need to.

If you find something of yourself in here, stay with it.

I hope there’s at least one song on this record that finds you.

Maybe it’s the music, maybe it’s a line, or just a feeling that takes you somewhere you didn’t expect. Back to something you’d forgotten, or hadn’t really made sense of yet. That moment when a song catches you off guard and suddenly you’re somewhere else entirely. That’s the thing I’ve always loved about music. It still feels a bit like magic to me.

If any of this lands with you, I’d like to hear. And if you feel like supporting it, you can buy the record, follow along, or pass it on to someone who might get it.

Enjoy brothers! (And sisters and my fellow queer tribe)

XX Dave/Brother Trade