When he’s not on the road with Austin giants like Ben Kweller, Shakey Graves, and Ryan Bingham, Daniel Creamer is quietly plugging away at his own compositions under his Instagram handle-turned-stage name Dancey Jenkins.
The founding Texas Gentleman’s upcoming album Jack Shit, to be released in early 2026, is one part bedroom pop pandemic baby, recorded as demos on a tape machine, and one part ode to collaboration.
“It reveals things within you that you’re not gonna find otherwise,” Creamer says of the cooperative creative process. “You engage a part of your mind that you wouldn’t have otherwise, which is the part that’s challenged by somebody else’s perspective, and that’s generally a good thing.”
After tracking “Take Your Time” and the rest of his upcoming LP at home, he brought it to Night Glitter’s John Michael Schoepf to co-produce, with help from friends NRBQ’s Conrad Choucroun on drums and Greyhounds’ Anthony Farrell on bass and keys. The informal group met over 10 days to re-track Creamer’s initial recordings, as he says, “like a real record.”
“Take Your Time” is a hypnotically layered introduction to the upcoming release. Cavernous drums and twinkling keys slowly build over the infectious guitar loop, culminating in a nostalgic blend of twilight-dressed tones that perfectly soundtrack a movie finale – or one of those drunk walks home that feels like a movie finale.
The simplicity of the song’s guitar-loop roots and repetitive, affirmative lyrics were something of a self-fulfilling prophecy for Creamer, who wanted to lean into a stripped-back, easygoing composition, drawing inspiration from the many songwriters he works with.
“It’s a little meditation about every day finding something that makes you happy,” says Creamer. “And it felt like the simpler the better.”
