Wildly prolific Israeli-born, Costa Rican-based singer/songwriter, musician and JOVM mainstay MAGON will be releasing his 11th album Tales of a Mountain Child in March.

Earlier this year, I wrote about the album’s first single, album title track “Tales of a Mountain Child,” a track that possesses the same sort of freewheeling, restless nature reminiscent of early Bob Dylan, Harvest-era Neil Young and Inner Journey Out-era Psychic Ills. While continuing upon the JOVM’s mainstay reputation for his uncanny knack for catchy hooks, the song captures a familiar feeling for me — the seemingly irresistible push and pull of a life on the road. 

Tales of a Mountain Child‘s second and latest single “Outer Darkness” continues a run of material that’s seemingly indebted to 60s psych rock and 70s album rock, with a dreamy yet introspective air. The result is a song that evokes nostalgia while anchored around a modern sensibility.

The accompanying video features footage from Len Lye’s 1946 animated film Rainbow Dance, further emphasizing the dreamy, psilocybin-like vibe of the song.