Musician and actor Caleb Landry Jones has announced a new album, Hey Gary, Hey Dawn, which will be out April 5 via Sacred Bones. He co-produced it with Nic Jodoin and about it, he says “It’s not for me to say what it is. I’m only here to give it up.”
The first single is “Corn Mine,” a lovely piece of widescreen, folky pysch-pop. The video, directed by Lewie & Noah Kloster, puts Caleb neck deep in corn. Say the directors:
When Caleb sent us the demos for his new record, we listened maybe 10 times through on account of it being so difficult to find our favorite track. They were all so good. We finally landed on a favorite: “Corn Mine.” So we called Caleb back up… “We have a favorite: Corn Mine. And we already have the idea for the video.” Caleb trepidatiously asked what the idea was. We replied, “Corn mine. Noah and I will build a corn mine. And then, you’ll be in the corn mine.” Caleb fell silent for a moment and said, “Y’know, that was a temporary title for that song… But now I guess it’s the permanent name for the song. Let’s do it.”
We spent the next couple of months ordering bulk corn, cobs, and toy trains from the internet. We built the mine from styrofoam and chicken wire. We built it in 3 large sections that connect in order to fit it up the stairs to spray paint the tunnel on our roof. We modified the train to move extremely slow, went through about 60 lbs of corn, and 120 hot glue sticks. Finally, once the mine was complete, Caleb flew through the night out to NYC and we put his head in the hole. None us had slept the night before shooting, which added a great mood to the video. We blacked out our studio windows and suffocated ourselves with a fog machine all day. When we finally wrapped, we felt like it had been a lifetime down in the mines together. The video birthed an everlasting artistic friendship.
You can watch the video below.
Caleb will also be touring for the first time this year. He’s currently in the middle of an Austin residency, will play SXSW in March, and in April will play release shows in NYC (The Sultan Room on 4/1) and Los Angeles (Zebulon on 4/3). Tickets for the release shows go on sale Friday, February 16 at 10 AM.
All dates are listed below.
Hey Gary, Hey Dawn
1. Hey Dawn
2. Too Sharp to Be My Carrot
3. The Moonkey Light
4. Spot a Fly
5. Corn Mine 04:00
6. Your Favorite Song
7. Hey Gary
8. The Bonzo Bargain
9. Spiders in the Trees
10. Masandoia
11. He Sued His Wife
12. Useless
13. The Pageant Thieves
CALEB LANDRY JONES – 2024 TOUR DATES
2/14 – Austin, Texas – C-Boy’s (w/ TBA)
2/21 – Austin, Texas – C-Boy’s (w/ Billy Glitter, Pelvis Wrestley)
2/28 – Austin, Texas – C-Boy’s (w/ Billy Glitter, Pelvis Wrestley)
3/14 – Austin, Texas – SXSW, FLOODFEST showcase
3/15 – Austin, Texas – SXSW, Hotel Vegas showcase
4/1 – NY – Sultan Room (release show)
4/3 – Los Angeles – Zebulon (release show)