Award-winning actor and visual artist Caleb Landry Jones is a bonafide musical maverick. Today, he announces his new album “Gadzooks Vol. 2,” out November 4th, with lead single/video “Touchdown Yolk.” Watch the official video through the YouTube player below:
A driving number, “Touchdown Yolk” is Jones, who plays nearly every instrument on the track, at his catchiest, while still maintaining his enthralling and distinct charm. The accompanying video, directed by his own creative collective Shalah Shakah Productions, collages handheld camcorder footage recorded around New York City, an irresistibly unsettling foray into the ever-expanding Gadzooks universe.
You can now pre-order the record on Sacred Bones mail-order exclusive yellow with black smoke vinyl while supplies last!
Following 2021’s “Gadzooks Vol. 1,” the “engaging affair of warped, carnivalesque psychedelia” (The AV Club), Jones’ third album is his most soothing and sublime collection to date. And while most artists don’t save some of the best music of their career for an album with ‘Vol. 2’ in the title, Jones is an artist for whom chronology is a slippery substance. One of Jones’ greatest musical gifts is his ability to cover a vast energetic and sonic landscape through a wide array of instrumentation and vocal stylings over a wholly unique song structure, in a way that feels cohesive and euphoric. The latest resulting album sounds a bit like pink elephants in cowboy hats making asmr… at least for the first 20 seconds before it seamlessly changes entirely. Each song has at least a dozen ear worming hooks, all so satisfying you feel a deep longing as they fade until you realize they are being woven into yet another groove-laden, toe-tapping peak. A continual mic drop on an orgasmic wonder wheel.
The album was recorded with Nic Jodoin in the famed Valentine Recording Studios simultaneous with the mixing of his debut album “The Mother Stone.” The team invited a slew of heavy hitting musicians to the studio to contribute to the magic.
Pre-order the album here: https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/products/sbr296-caleb-landry-jones-gadzooks-vol-2
Tracklist:
1. Croc Killers 2
2. Little Lion
3. Touchdown Yolk 02:55
4. The Shanty Shine
5. Georgie Borge (The Termite)
6. Jeepers
7. Anyone But You
8. Slink On Fido
9. The Puppet Rush
10. Croc Killers 1