Self proclaimed alien Roky Erickson has a new album called “True Love Cast Out All Evil” coming out on Anti on April 20th 2010. Yeah, I don’t know how bad we need a new Roky Erickson album either but at least it’s coming out on 420… but the reason I have hope for this project is the producer dude (Will Sheff from Okkervil River, who I guess are the backing band on this record too) has gone and picked twelve rare songs from Roky’s back catalog for him to record for this record. So it’s not a bunch of 2010 penned Roky songs… if you’re not a poser you’ll know a few of these songs like “Please Judge” and “Johnny Lawman”! It just might be good, fingers crossed! That’s the cover above. The photo is by Todd Wolfson.

http://www.rokyerickson.net/
The track list for Love Cast Out All Evil:
1. Devotional Number One
2. Ain’t  Blues Too Sad
3. Goodbye Sweet Dreams
4. Be and Bring Me Home
5. Bring Back the Past
6. Please Judge
7. John Lawman
8. True Love Cast Out All Evil
9. Forever
10. Think Of As One
11. Birds’d Crash
12. God Is Everywhere

Also check out this freakshow video of Will Sheff and Roky Erickson at the legendary Austin store Toy Joy. The best part is when the store clerk dude fully geeks out on Roky. That guy rules.

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