”Here are four photos from the recording of ‘One Eyed Jack Pt. I and II (The Interrogation/The Otherside)’. Here I am in the first photo with my dear friend Sam Woy at Mixart where we tracked the guitar and drums. Then in picture 2 and 3, Mark Lawson and Estée Preda are creating some railroad sound effects with a piece of metal we found at Studio Sud Ouest out in the hallway. Last but not least is a picture of Josh Toal recording the bass line which is one of my favorite parts of the song. Recording is fun!” -Gus
We are very excited to announce that Gus has joined the Mothland booking roster for the North American territory! More here. Gus will also be performing at SXSW this year! Stay tuned for more dates across the country to be announced soon.
We are pleased to announced the release of One Eyed Jack Pt. I and II (The Interrogation/The Otherside) and One Eyed Jack Pt. III (Epilogue)! The songs are available on all streaming platforms. Listen here.
”One Eyed Jack is a railroad song, of the kind that I would imagine a group of men singing while they worked as they drove in the railroad spikes. The song starts with a Spanish-inquisition style interrogation and as the interrogee spills his beans, the legend of One Eyed Jack is slowly illuminated by his maniacal ravings. As time marches on, the legend of One Eyed Jack grows and grows until eventually he goes interdimentional.
It’s all a bit an exercise in storytelling and speaks to the tendency that mankind has to create deities, myths and legends out of the desire to believe in something, or maybe just to have something to tell around the campfire.
The video is a psychedelic neo-noir film Estée and I made where a detective (played by myself) tries to unravel the mystery of the One Eyed Jack cult, all donning eye patches and clad in Hawaiian shirts, by first, interrogating a One Eyed Jack devotee (also played by myself). Since most of the time, it’s only Estée and I making our videos, I sometimes have to Eddie Murphy all the characters.
The second part of the song takes the viewer through the mythical aspect of the story and how the tale spreads. Thanks to Katerine DM, we were able to illustrate Jack’s interdimentional travels with a beautiful 3D animation à la 2001: A Space Odyssey, if I do say so myself.” -Gus
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”A little over 4 years ago today, we were releasing the video for Patty Sees Her Soul off Death & Transfiguration, our very first video shot on film. Little did we know it would set us on the path we are on today, where this music project morphed into a full audio visual Gesamtkunstwerk.” -Gus
”Brick-a by, brick-a by, brick-a by, brick-a, He made a stack-a but broke-a his-a back-a, That’s all I know about One Eyed Jack-a.” Estée has been mining up a new video.
”We are thrilled to announce The Hornbook, our third record, out on January 31st 2025 through Secret City Records! When I set out to write a record, I never have a concept in mind but now that I’ve done it 3 times, it seems like every time a concept arises. And this time, after I was 4 or 5 songs in I started to realize that they were all short stories. And I started to imagine the whole thing as if it was a children’s book: The Hornbook. It just so happens that a hornbook is an educational tool shaped a bit like a ping pong paddle that was commonly used in medieval times to teach children and also used as a weapon that the children employed in battle, breaking it over each other’s heads I imagine, which eventually led it its discontinuation. On these hornbooks was the alphabet with a short bible verse on the bottom.
We were extremely fortunate to work with two of our heroes, Montreal indie rock royalty Mark Lawson who engineered and co-produced and the legendary Paul Leary from the Butthole Surfers who mixed the album. Working with Mark and Paul was a real pleasure and a dream come true! We’re not worthy!! Thank you Magali Ould for making it happen!
Also a huge thank you to Estée Preda (drums, co-produced, co-arranged, patience while listening to me play the songs a million times as I wrote them), Harris Newman (mastering), Sam Woywitka (engineering), Josh Toal (bass and organ), Frisco Lee (piano), Will Poulin at Studio Sud Ouest, Jamie Thompson for the soundscapes, Angela Dalinger (album artwork) and Logy B. And most importantly thanks for all the support, Horn Heads!! It really keeps me going!” -Gus
