“Gone With the Wind” elevates you in every splash of sounds and twangs. The track opens you up and pushes you through the leaves into the clouds, where your view is wider. Curious and open-hearted, Mystik Fool leads you journeying through different grounds, where pop disappears into rock blurring between alternative and independent, spiritual and medicine. In the end, it doesn’t matter where it goes because everything is connected and the sonics in the track have a life of their own.

“Gone With the Wind” sees everything linked together, coexisting in harmony, inspiring and bouncing between one and another, and together, they are a stronger thread. A deep bound among genres that are perceived as different or even in conflicts share the same root and harmony, which in truth, reflects nature and the world as they are, and humans are part of them.

Mystik Fool is the music project of multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Galen Deery. Like Mystik Fool’s past releases, “Gone With the Wind” is liberating and refreshing, spirited but rooted in peace and truth. One needs to be grounded to fly high. While “Gone With the Wind” sparks electrifying energy like an eagle, its strength, stillness and transparency feels like a thousand-year old tree. From the scenic mountains of Alaska to a stadium-filling, transforming sonic experience, the track sees a massive growth in Mystik Fool’s songwriting. Breathy vocals vibrate with floral sonics and booming grooves. It sets its scene in sounds that exist organically in nature, and its sonic palettes absorb that life and vibrancy.

Check out our interview with Galen Deery, where we chat about spirituality and spreading love through music.

Punk Head: I love how expansive “Gone with the Wind” is. Can you talk us through your creative process?

Mystik Fool: The process behind this song was very organic. Alaska was where the song started back in 2020, and throughout the years, it evolved. Drums and guitar were added, lyrics changed, and more elements started to take shape. In the studio while recording, the process was very smooth and easy because the song was written already. We just had to record it. The creative process changes for every song.

PH: To us, Mystik Fool's music sparks a strong connection with nature and spirituality. Is that true? Can you tell us more about it?

Mystik Fool: Spirituality is a big part of my life, I just remember being inspired deeply by sounds and teachings of eastern mysticism from a young age. And the common thread of each path always leads back to nature. So this music carries that message to attempt to reharmonizes us with the natural world.

PH: What motivates you as an artist?

Mystik Fool: Motivation for an artist comes in different ways. musically, visually, spiritually. For me, when it comes to music, I am motivated by experiences that take place in my life. I’m motivated by the people I surround myself with. A deep place in my heart longs to live a beautiful life, so I try to create that for others first using music.

PH: Who are your biggest influences?

Mystik Fool: I would say that growing up with a household filled with music from the 60s and 70s. Led Zeppelin, The Who, Santana, and Crosby, Still, & Nash. Then hearing the raw sounds from the 90s alternative scene like Janes Addiction, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, Rage Against the Machine. And then leaping forward to a scene of music that brought spirituality back to the forefront like Nahko, Trevor Hall, Tash Sultana, John Butler.

But I'm also heavily influenced by visual artists like Andrew Goldsworthy, Claud Monet, and Mitch Gobel.

Other influences include Maharaji, Ram Dass, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Johnny Depp, Ananda Maim.

PH: What would you like to say to your fans out there?

Mystik Fool: There’s a seemingly lost idea of love. Loving each other and encouraging each other to pursue our passion and purpose. So many people feeling depressed, anxious, alone, discouraged. The earth being torn apart and over populated, the political climate, the social infiltration of technology. All these issues must be tended to with careful attention. We must come together. We must find common ground to speak with each other. We must attempt to raise our consciousness so we can make better choices with the next generation in mind. Music is a huge way we can spread this message. I hope to see you at our concerts soon! I love you