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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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Today marks the 3rd year since Gus released The Gate off Dungeon Master. Revisit the video below and listen to Dungeon Master here.

”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

Revisit the video for ‘Patty Sees Her Soul’ here.

In this one, Gus explores an essential ingredient in the songwriting process: re-la-xation.

”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.

In this behind-the-scenes video, Estée shares insights into how her and Gus make their videos.

”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

Pre-order the album HERE!

”Thyme, our newest single, is out! This song is about someone who travels back in time to Scarborough fair. A song about yearning for the past. I’ve always dreamed of living in medieval times and Scarborough Fair is #1 on my list of places I would time travel to given the opportunity. This is the first time I’ve worked someone else’s poetry into my songwriting. The feeling of collaborating with an unknown poet who lived 400 hundred years ago was a wonderful and mystical experience.” -Gus

We are very pleased to present to you the album artwork painted by German artist Angela Dalinger. In Gus’ words: ”We’ve been long time fans of Angela Dalinger’s work that includes scenes like a crowd of people exploding out of a volcano and people transforming poop to gold with the power of their imaginations. Also, a beautiful scene of a woman laying in a pond, reminiscent of ‘Ophelia’ by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, looked exactly how I imagined one of the stories on the album in my head. So that sealed the deal for me.”