LA-based artist Young Jesus has announced the follow-up to 2020's Welcome to Conceptual Beach and it's called Shepherd Head. The first glimpse at the album, which is out September 16 via Saddle Crack, is the sublime single "Ocean" featuring vocals from labelmate Tomberlin. The single comes with a video directed by Stuart McClave.
"Ocean" opens with babbles of water before John Rossiter's gentle, somewhat weepy vocals command: "Stay" he sings, letting the silence be over overridden by delicate finger-plucked guitar and Marcel Borbón Peréz's pronounced bass. "Where I'm at is where I'm not," he continues. “God is just the ocean where I’m lost." Immediately, Young Jesus surrounds us with intricate instrumentation that swells as Rossiter's poetically weary observations move toward acceptance. It's gorgeous how Young Jesus transforms a sense of being lost into an encouragement to wonder without question.
Watch the video for "Ocean" below, and pre-order Shepherd Head here.
