REQUIEM FOR THE ROSE GARDEN
new single
out 8th October 2026
(Label 51 Recordings)
stream
included on
POSTCARDS FROM THE AFTERLIFE
new album
2xLP | CD | digital
out 27th November 2026
‘Requiem For The Rose Garden’ is a new single by the alternative rock musician, producer, writer and artist David J, best known as the co-founder, co-songwriter and bassist with the legendary post-punk bands Bauhaus and Love and Rockets, but who has also enjoyed a successful parallel solo career. Originally from Northampton, England, he is now based in Los Angeles.
“It’s basically a protest about Trump’s administration and the atrocities it has visited upon the USA,” says J of the song. “In the context of the song, the Rose Garden at the White House can be seen as a symbolic metaphor, although it is also quite literal. I actually wrote it during Trump’s first term in office when he had that beautiful garden hacked up. Now, even more horror has been inflicted on it of course, and the elegant East Wing of the building completely decimated which is also highly symbolic.”
The backing band on the politically charged track is the Detroit-based Duende, with whom J has worked extensively in the past.
J will play nine UK shows in December and also has upcoming dates in Portugal, Germany and Greece. The full itinerary is as follows:
27th November PORTO Auditório CCOP (PT) tkts
28th November LISBON RCA Club (PT) tkts
1st December LONDON Moth Club (UK) tkts
2nd December READING Face Bar (UK) tkts
4th December HEBDEN BRIDGE Trades Club (UK) tkts
5th December LIVERPOOL Rough Trade (UK) tkts
8th December EDINBURGH The Voodoo Rooms (UK) tkts
9th December GLASGOW Stereo (UK) tkts
10th December NEWCASTLE The Cluny (UK) tkts
11th December BIRMINGHAM Hare & Hounds (UK) tkts
13th December BRIGHTON Daltons (UK) tkts
15th December ATHENS Death Disco (GR) tkts
17th December BERLIN Frannz Club (DE) tkts
DAVID J | 2026 photography by Maya Mercer
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