We can safely say that Jay Crocker, aka JOYFULTALK, is one of Canada’s most imaginative and innovative artists. Crocker wowed with his impressive 2020 Constellation album A Separation of Being, which included homemade electronics and nods to Steve Reich and Moroccan Gnawa, and recently he released the video to his new single ‘Take It To The Grave’. The video is, as expected, a bonkers yet equally entertaining glimpse from the outré improviser – check it out for yourself above! The song is lifted from his forthcoming album Familiar Science, due for release on 6th May via Constellation Records. Pre-order here.
Familiar Science offers up oblique rhythmic pathways throughout, leading to quags of heady jazz, streaks of Black Dice-like delirium and elevated states of revelry.
