Earlier this month JOYFULTALK put out Familiar Science, a bewildering marvel of an album and we can’t stop listening to it. Jay Crocker, the incredible multi-disciplinary artist behind the project, has shared recently the album title track as a new single, and paired it with a video made by himself. Watch it below and grab the album now through Constellation.

With less than a month to go until the release of Familiar Science, and after enticing us with the monumental first single ‘Take It to the Grave’, Jay Crocker aka JOYFULTALK has shared the album’s wild and brilliant lead single, ‘Ballad in 9’. The track features Nova Scotia-based Nicola Miller on alto sax and flute and Jay Crocker has paired the track with a video made by himself. Watch it below.

Familiar Science is out on May 6th through Constellation

Photo: Kyle Cunjak

Multi-talented multi-disciplinary artist Jay Crocker has announced the release of a new album under his moniker JOYFULTALK. Entitled Familiar Science, the album draws inspiration from a wide range of influences, as the press release describes, including “late 80s M-base music, Ornette Coleman’s harmolodic funk years and Crocker’s own histories as an outré improviser”. Featuring contributions from Albertan percussionists Eric Hamelin (Ghostkeeper, No More Shapes, Chad Vangaalen) and Chris Dadge (Bug Incision, Lab Coast) as well as Nova Scotia-based saxophonist/flautist Nicola Miller (Ryan Driver, Doug Tielli) and bassist Kyle Cunjak (Olympic Symphonium, David Myles), Familiar Science “pulls you into sneaky wormholes, heaves you up into rarefied ethers”.

Ahead of its release on May 6th through Constellation, JOYFULTALK has shared a monumental single, ‘Take It to the Grave’. It comes with an accompanying video and you can watch it below.