Sojourn is the second solo album by Michael ‘CAVS’ Cavanagh, best known as the drummer for King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. The album is set for release on April 24, 2026 via p(doom) records. Composed of 10 instrumental tracks, the album presents a wordless narrative shaped by Cavanagh’s long-standing interest in spiritual jazz, progressive rock, and Krautrock, while moving beyond traditional genre boundaries.
Today, CAVS has also shared “Candiru,” the first track from the album, along with a video directed by Hayden Somerville.
Talking about the making of the album, co-producer Jim Rindfleish said, “Sojourn began as a sample-based beat tape that Cavs had been chipping away at between Gizz commitments. Even in its demo form, the material had a distinctly visual quality. We kept returning to the image of waking up on an uncharted island, covered in dense jungles, waterfalls, and glittering caves. As that vision developed, the material began to resemble the forms of various mystical and undiscovered fauna and flora. Having already conquered a solo ‘drum’ album, the next logical step for Cavs (in my mind) was to step up as a band leader and sole songwriter. After deciding to record it all with real instruments and players, we began to tap into an aspect of Cavs’ musicality that has perhaps yet to fully surface as the drummer for Gizz. As drummers, we understood each other completely, hearing music in a very similar way. We wanted this record to feel like a journey through Cavs’ rhythmic imagination.”
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