Career
The trio later moved to New York City where Benjamin eventually left the band to pursue a career in School of Seven Bells, previously his side project Brandon"s atmospheric keyboards show signs of influence from 1970s Krautrock bands like Can as well as progressive rock artists such as Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, and Roxy Music. Curtis performed lead vocals on "Don"t Fall Softly", a track by United Kingdom synthpop band Filthy Dukes which appears on their 2009 release "Nonsense In the Dark".
He mixed/produced two records by South African rock band BLK JKS. In June 2010, Curtis joined the touring lineup of Interpol, on keyboards and vocals.
In 2012, Brandon joined Interpol front man Paul Banks" live band. He contributed to Banks" 2012 European Parliament entitled "Julian Plenti Lives..".
Curtis contributed to the production, recording, and mixing of EmptyMansions debut album "snakes/vultures/sulfate", released in April 2013.
EmptyMansions is the side project of Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino. Curtis toured with EmptyMansions in Spring 2013, on bass/vocals.
Curtis has produced three albums for the American post-metal band Russian Circles: Geneva (2009), Empros (2011) and Memorial (2013).
On October 30, 2013, Curtis" new band Cosmicide released a new song entitled "Talos" Corpse" and three United States tour dates. "Talos" Corpse" was written/produced by Brandon Curtis and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer, who has previously worked with Paul Banks, Johnny Marr, Kaiser Chiefs, and more. Cosmicide played 3 live shows in early 2015 (Philadelphia, Providence Rhode Island and Teaneck New Jersey), playing a nine-song setlist, including Talos" Corpse, apparently consisting mostly of songs from material that is recorded and in a finished state but currently unreleased.
In addition to Brandon, the band consisted of drums, a second keyboardist, who also provided backing vocals, and a guitarist.
