Experimental Music Pioneer Gary Wilson Returns With New Album And A Fresh Wealth Of Weirdness

Article Contributed by Cleopatra Records | Published on Wednesday, May 21, 2025

In the years since his emergence with 1977’s cult classic You Think You Really Know Me, iconic underground hero Gary Wilson’s outsider pop sensibility has spawned a devout following that includes the likes of Beck (who name-checks Wilson on “Where It’s At”) and hip hop collective Odd Future!

Now, with his latest album Come On, Mary due to street on June 13, the Endicott, NY, legend unveils the title track as both his new single and a positively trippy video, both telling the story of Mary herself.

And what a story it is! “Mary lived not far from Endicott,” explains Wilson. “In a place called outer space. In the summer Mary would take the bus and visit me. I still dream of Mary”.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/ZA6jMIGqKrE
SINGLE: https://orcd.co/garywilson_comeonmarysingle

Come On, Mary itself packs 11 all original new songs, each one furthering Wilson's trademark blurring of the line between the bizarre and the heartfelt, and offering some of his more strangely catchy and emotional songs to date!

And Mary herself is a tangible presence throughout the song cycle, from “Alone in Endicott” to “Mary, Won’t You Dance For Me,” and on to the magnificent finale “I Woke Up Into A Thousand Dreams.”

Track list
1. Lisa Wants To Talk To You
2. Feel The Breeze
3. Alone In Endicott
4. Come On Mary
5. As I Walk In The Night
6. Mary, Won't You Dance For Me
7. Run Through The Woods
8. Study For Three
9. Your Dream Is Not My Scene
10. Sandy
11. I Woke Up Into A Thousand Dreams

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DIGITAL: https://orcd.co/garywilson_comeonmaryalbum

Wilson is already getting ready for the album’s release; on May 2, he played a packed out show at Teragram as a special guest of Ariel Pink; and you can hear him being interviewed by Gianna Geller (https://www.giannagianna.net/) for her radio show on May 24.

He’ll also be appearing at a showing of the Case Esparros film The Absence Of Milk In The Mouths Of The Lost” at the Frida Cinema in Santa Anna on May 28. Wilson himself stars in the movie, as the milkman.