Carlos Thurler is a Brazilian born guitarist, singer and songwriter who is releasing his debut solo album Divided in 2023. His music is heavily influenced by alternative rock bands from the 90s, resulting in a guitar driven record filled with heavy riffs, but also with a softer side on more introspective, vulnerable songs.

Based in Toronto, Thurler set out to produce the album on his own soon after the pandemic of 2020. With time on his hands, for the first time Thurler felt free to write the material he wanted without the constraints he would have as part of a band. However, that also meant more work: writing everything and recording all guitars, bass and vocals.

Divided reflects many of Thurler’s biggest influences: from grunge, hard rock and stoner rock to britpop and indie rock. His challenge was to make it all work in a concise manner and to find the right balance between the nostalgic and the contemporary.

While many pursue a career in music, with Thurler it was more like the other way around. After spending his early 20s pursuing another very different career in marketing, he gradually realized he did not want to continue down this path. After a transition period of juggling the old 9 to 5 with as many as four bands at once, it became clear that music and creative work were the things that fulfilled him.

Taking up the guitar at age 14, Thurler soon started forming bands with high school friends, and later cut his teeth at the tribute band scene in his native Brazil. Years later, having accumulated a good deal of experience onstage, he would then go on to write and perform original songs with bands and solo artists.

In 2008 Thurler recorded a full-length album in Brazil with local indie band Monovida, before moving to London (UK), where he later worked and recorded with local singer-songwriter James Daniel Best.

With the release of Divided, a new exciting chapter begins in Thurler’s career and now is the time to get out there in the post-pandemic world and share it with everyone.