{"id":2017491,"date":"2025-09-12T20:35:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2017491"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:35:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:35:55","slug":"djo-shares-new-companion-piece-album-to-the-crux-with-12-new-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/djo-shares-new-companion-piece-album-to-the-crux-with-12-new-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Djo shares new &#8220;companion piece&#8221; album to &#8216;The Crux&#8217; with 12 new songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/djo\">Djo<\/a> has released 12 new songs as part of a \u201ccompanion piece\u201d album to his recent album \u2018The Crux\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Djo, the musical alias of\u00a0<em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/series\/stranger-things\">Stranger Things<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>actor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/joe-keery\">Joe Keery<\/a>, has been dropping new singles across the week \u2018Carry The Name\u2019 on Monday, \u2018It\u2019s Over\u2019 on Tuesday and \u2018Awake\u2019 on Wednesday (September 8-10). They all feature on the surprise new album, \u2018The Crux Deluxe\u2019, which comprises songs that were written, recorded and produced by Keery and his collaborator Adam Thein at the same time as they were working on \u2018The Crux\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The new songs were completed this summer, just a few months after \u2018The Crux\u2019 was released in April, and both records are the same length.<\/p>\n<p>To coincide with the release of \u2018The Crux Deluxe\u2019, Djo has released a visualiser for the song \u2018Mr Mountebank\u2019 \u2013 check it out below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Djo - Mr.  Mountebank (Official Visualizer)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zxkVkm3VHxk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>NME\u00a0<\/em>caught up with Djo earlier this year to discuss the album. \u201cHaving this kind of boiling throughout the whole thing\u2026 It\u2019s been nice to have something else to work on,\u201d he said of balancing music career with <em>Stranger Things<\/em>. \u201cWhat I did was an extremely unique experience, even in the acting world. People don\u2019t work on things for that long. Can you imagine how sad and weird I\u2019d feel if I was just at home doing nothing? That would be bad for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Djo toured the album earlier this year and played at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/festivals\/glastonbury\">Glastonbury<\/a> while he was in the UK. In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/glastonbury-festival-2025-review-best-sets-unforgettable-moments-photos-3875211\">a review of his set<\/a>, <em>NME<\/em> wrote: \u201cThere was a moment in Djo\u2019s set where he \u2013 aka Joe Keery \u2013 scooched off to the side of the stage and took a seat to marvel at drummer Wesley Toledo\u2019s impressive solo. The joy and awe on his face was genuine, and as the improvised rhythms got more complicated, Keery\u2019s jaw dropped and he raised the can he was sipping from to the crowd in wonder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s this kind of passion and enthusiasm for music that coursed through the whole of Djo\u2019s set, and made it a delight to watch. By the time the final one-two of \u2018Delete Ya\u2019 and \u2018End Of Beginning\u2019 rolled around \u2013 with both given a huge reception \u2013 you were firmly on Stranger Things star Keery and his band\u2019s side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he has also recently<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/tame-impala-share-video-for-funky-new-single-loser-featuring-stranger-things-star-joe-keery-3890044\"> appeared in the video<\/a> for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/tame-impala\">Tame Impala<\/a>\u2018s new single \u2018Loser\u2019, in which he is seen having a row with a woman before sitting dejectedly outside a convenience store and then briefly morphs into Kevin Parker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Djo has released 12 new songs as part of a \u201ccompanion piece\u201d album to his recent album \u2018The Crux\u2019. 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