Mystic Familiar is Dan Deacon’s most emotionally open and transcendent album to date — a vibrant, meticulously crafted collection of synth-pop songs born from years of self-discovery, experimentation, and collaboration. Following 2015’s Gliss Riffer, Deacon immersed himself in scoring films, composing for dance, working with orchestras, and co-producing other artists, yet he yearned to return to his own voice — literally and artistically.
These songs were shaped by daily creative prompts, meditation, and therapeutic practices that helped him tap into a deeper, more vulnerable place. The result is 11 kaleidoscopic tracks that blur the line between absurdity and profundity, exploring themes of identity, aging, creativity, and transcendence. The album’s opener, “Become a Mountain,” is the first to feature Deacon’s unprocessed singing, signaling a bold shift toward personal storytelling.
Highlights include “Sat By a Tree,” a reflection on memory and mortality, and the four-part “Arp” suite, a life journey rendered through ecstatic synths and jarring saxophone blasts. With Mystic Familiar, Deacon doesn’t just create music — he builds a world, guided by an internal presence, the titular “familiar,” that serves as both muse and mirror.
More than just an album, Mystic Familiar is a moving meditation on how to create something lasting in chaotic times — a sonic companion for navigating life’s beauty, doubt, and mystery.
When I Was Dying
Feel The Lightning
Become A Mountain
True Thrush
The Crystal Cat
Eleven kaleidoscopic tracks of majestic, emotional, transcendent synth-pop brilliance.
Built through obsession, play, doubt, reflection, vulnerability, and self-discovery.
Features Deacon’s natural voice, unprocessed and emotionally direct.
Combines absurdity and profundity with rich electronic textures throughout.
Addresses memory, mortality, creativity, aging, rebirth, and internal voices.
Developed using meditation, therapy, and Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies prompts.
Scored eight films including Rat Film and Time Trial.
Composed for HBO documentary Well Groomed, released on Domino Soundtracks.
Created ballet score with Justin Peck: The Times Are Racing.
Performed orchestral arrangements with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, expanding live experience.
Co-produced and co-wrote Riddles by Ed Schrader’s Music Beat.
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