If Gus Englehorn didn’t exist, one of his songs would have to invent him.
Two years after the release of his critically acclaimed record “Dungeon Master,” former pro snowboarder reborn nomadic psych-pop prophet Gus Englehorn is thrilled to announce “The Hornbook” a brand-new album set to be out on January 31st. Co-produced by Mark Lawson (Arcade Fire, Timbre Timbre, Colin Stetson) and mixed by Paul Leary from the legendary noise-rock band Butthole Surfers, “The Hornbook” magically transmutes the entire history of 20th-century rock ‘n’ roll—’50s golden oldies, ‘60s garage spunk, ‘70s glam flamboyance, ‘80s indie transgression, ‘90s lo-fi weirdness—into an alien transmission from the future. The record will be available on CD and vinyl.
Alongside the announcement, Gus Englehorn shares the first glimpse of the new record with the nervy post-punk propulsion of a track that is “Thyme”, premiered by Visions.de in Germany this morning. “This song is about someone who travels back in time to Scarborough fair,” tells us Gus. “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.”
