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Never Wet 1:33 ░▐ ▌░ 02. Yesterday Will Come 3:23 ░▐ ▌░ 03. The Loon 3:01 ░▐ ▌░ 04. Bogie 3:09 ░▐ ▌░ 05. Gloria 0:38 ░▐ ▌░ 06. California 4:49 ░▐ ▌░ 07. For A Short Time 2:27 ░▐ ▌░ 08. A Slice Of Dream 1:22 ░▐ ▌░ 09. This Won't Come Back 20:18 ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ▄▄▄┌─────────────┐▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░▐ ▌░ ▒▒▒│ rip notes │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░▐ ▌░ └─────────────┘ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Caleb Landry Jones is a continual creator. The Texan born ░▐ ▌░ star found fame as an actor û youÆll recognise him from key ░▐ ▌░ roles in X-Men: First Class, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, ░▐ ▌░ Missouri, amongst others û but music is perhaps his first ░▐ ▌░ love, and his source of greatest comfort. A chance encounter ░▐ ▌░ with famed auteur Jim Jarmusch brought him into the orbit of ░▐ ▌░ Sacred Bones, and the stalwart independent released CalebÆs ░▐ ▌░ 2020 debut album æThe Mother StoneÆ. Psychedelic in a ░▐ ▌░ defiantly non-retro way, this indulgent, freewheeling trip ░▐ ▌░ won critical acclaim, but masked a secret û heÆd already ░▐ ▌░ finished another album. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Filming alongside Tom Hanks in dystopian themed Finch, Caleb ░▐ ▌░ found himself writing during those long evenings after the ░▐ ▌░ shoot in locations across New Mexico, idling away his hours ░▐ ▌░ by focussing on creativity. ôI need it,ö he says. ôIÆve tried ░▐ ▌░ working without it. On one acting job, I intentionally didnÆt ░▐ ▌░ bring a guitar to try and do it without musicà but that ░▐ ▌░ didnÆt last long. I need to create something û it could be a ░▐ ▌░ drawing, it could be a song û because otherwise I feel like ░▐ ▌░ IÆm wasting time. Which is something I do plenty of on my ░▐ ▌░ own!ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ With his creative faculties burning, Caleb knew he had to get ░▐ ▌░ straight back into the studio when filming stopped. Linking ░▐ ▌░ with the same cast who formed æThe Mother StoneÆ, he resumed ░▐ ▌░ his partnership with producer Nic Jodoin, based out of the ░▐ ▌░ elegant Valentine Recording Studio in Los Angeles. A studio ░▐ ▌░ steeped in history û everyone from Bing Crosby to Frank Zappa ░▐ ▌░ worked there û he interrupted mixing sessions for his own ░▐ ▌░ debut album in order to focus on something different. ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ôI knew I could make something a little more focussed, and ░▐ ▌░ less difficult. And this became an experiment,ö he explains. ░▐ ▌░ ôWe wanted to do something we hadn't done on the last one and ░▐ ▌░ also get a slightly different sound.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ New album æGadzooks Vol. 1Æ exists in a completely different ░▐ ▌░ realm from CalebÆs debut album. Ranging from spider-like ░▐ ▌░ wisps of neo-psychedelia through to vast swathes of synthetic ░▐ ▌░ chords, itÆs a record that moves from joy to despair, from ░▐ ▌░ horror to glib humour. ôæThe Mother StoneÆ was so open to me, ░▐ ▌░ and it went to a lot of places, and it never came back to ░▐ ▌░ those places. And I wanted to just keep going,ö he says. ôI ░▐ ▌░ wanted to make something that made me smile and giggle!ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Working 18 hour days at Valentine Recording Studio û ôoh boy, ░▐ ▌░ itÆs immaculate!ö û Caleb brought his vision into focus. ░▐ ▌░ Producer Nic Jodoin was key to the process û the pairÆs ░▐ ▌░ relationship was deepened by their experiences on his debut. ░▐ ▌░ ôI mean, technically, heÆs a genius,ö Caleb gushes. ôI think ░▐ ▌░ we were able to trust each other more on things and go down ░▐ ▌░ the rabbit hole faster. We had more faith in ourselves.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ôBut more importantly, I think it's his attitude. HeÆs always ░▐ ▌░ wanting to push himself, for me to push myself, and we're ░▐ ▌░ both wanting to make something that we haven't made before.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ TheyÆve definitely succeeded. æGadzooks Vol. 1Æ is unlike ░▐ ▌░ anything youÆve heard before û comparisons range from Skip ░▐ ▌░ SpenceÆs fractured masterpiece æOarÆ through to skewed ░▐ ▌░ troubadour Robyn Hitchcock, via John LennonÆs black moods on ░▐ ▌░ æThe White AlbumÆ and Frank ZappaÆs caustic surrealism. ░▐ ▌░ Recording to tape, Caleb would hack away at each take, ░▐ ▌░ re-assembling the songs like Escher diagrams. ôIt's like when ░▐ ▌░ you're swimming in the pool,ö he smiles, ôand you're doing a ░▐ ▌░ bit of butterfly, and then that gets old after a while. So ░▐ ▌░ then you start doing breaststroke, and then that gets old ░▐ ▌░ after a while. I think it's just a reaction from the place ░▐ ▌░ where we were before.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Opener æNever WetÆ scarcely stumbles over the one minute ░▐ ▌░ mark, yet it feels like a battery overloaded with ░▐ ▌░ electricity, sparking and flashing with incendiary ideas, ░▐ ▌░ close to the point of explosion. ôI think if I said what it ░▐ ▌░ was about, I get in a lot of trouble!ö he laughs. ôI guess ░▐ ▌░ itÆs an inside joke.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ æYesterday Wil ComeÆ is little more than strummed notes and a ░▐ ▌░ mantra-like vocal line, half-laughing itself into ego death. ░▐ ▌░ ôI actually didn't realise what the lyrics were,ö he ░▐ ▌░ comments, ôuntil I was playing it for my mom in the studio!ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Amid the chaos and confusion, however, certain themes and ░▐ ▌░ motifs recur. Like dreams, for instance û ôI donÆt think you ░▐ ▌░ can trust someone who doesnÆt dreamö û or the reaches of ░▐ ▌░ religion. Brought up in Texas, Caleb Landry Jones was ░▐ ▌░ smothered in Christianity during his childhood, until ░▐ ▌░ uncovering The Beatles fostered his free-thinking ░▐ ▌░ individuality. æNever WetÆ contains oblique Christ ░▐ ▌░ references, while æBogieÆ û ôThe old woman rushes my faithà ░▐ ▌░ you let me live this lieö û is the closest Caleb comes to ░▐ ▌░ some form of renunciation. ôThereÆs a lot of meaning there,ö ░▐ ▌░ is all heÆll say on that one. ôItÆs pretty self-induced.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ He's the first to admit that thereÆs a child-like element to ░▐ ▌░ his studio inquisitiveness. ôI am very influenced by the ░▐ ▌░ music I heard when I was a kid,ö he admits. ôBut IÆm also ░▐ ▌░ influenced by the rules of comedy, because they apply to ░▐ ▌░ music, too. ItÆs the same. I think they core align very, very ░▐ ▌░ well.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Some parts of the album were written years ago, and some were ░▐ ▌░ constructed on the hoof in the studio. æCaliforniaÆ for ░▐ ▌░ instance, was penned during the recent bushfires, and itÆs a ░▐ ▌░ meditation on the Golden State. ôI came to California ░▐ ▌░ obsessed with making movies, but most of the people involved ░▐ ▌░ in making those movies had died,ö he says. ôI found very ░▐ ▌░ quickly that it was unlike anything I'd expected. And then it ░▐ ▌░ grew to be something greater than I could have expected as ░▐ ▌░ well.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Album finale æThis WonÆt Come BackÆ is perhaps CalebÆs finest ░▐ ▌░ moment to date, a bravura statement from a free spirit. ░▐ ▌░ Spending hours alone in the studio with a Prophet keyboard, ░▐ ▌░ he constructs something truly original, breathtaking in its ░▐ ▌░ sheer daring. ôI was obsessed with this idea of letting go, ░▐ ▌░ and to just not have a plan,ö he recalls. ôI really wanted to ░▐ ▌░ finish the record this way. I needed to get away from song ░▐ ▌░ structures, and bar measures, and just see if my music worked ░▐ ▌░ without those things.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Part of a flood-tide of creativity û as its title suggests, a ░▐ ▌░ second half to this album is already on the horizon û ░▐ ▌░ æGadzooks Vol. 1Æ is thrilling, shocking, and wonderfully ░▐ ▌░ entertaining. Each song starts and finishes in entirely ░▐ ▌░ unique places, often totally divorced from each other. ôI'm ░▐ ▌░ trying to write something very simple,ö he says. ôAnd it gets ░▐ ▌░ really abstract because I donÆt know any other way.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ Right now heÆs living in Bushwick, New York - ôlong story ░▐ ▌░ short, IÆm actually living in a bar!ö û seeing out the ░▐ ▌░ pandemic, waiting for roles to come in and songs to appear. ░▐ ▌░ ôItÆs champagne problems!ö he laughs. ôIÆm always writing. ░▐ ▌░ Always.ö ░▐ ▌░ ░▐ ▌░ He smiles and finishes: ôI do this all the time. 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