Amble Down Records has officially announced the release of The Gentle Guest's sophomore LP, to be titled Cast Off Your Human Form and due for a July 20 release. The cover promises historical mischief with clowns and a military band in a mountain town, and is likely to continue the same manic energy of their first LP, We Are Bound to Save Some Souls Tonight. An energy that is a trademark of the genre-encompassing band, best described as "Delta blues-influenced Americana in a gypsy world of blaring trombones, sadistic slide guitars, and a barrage of wild hollers and boot stomps."

Check out some of the details (track listing, promo photos, etc.) at the Amble Down site. And while you're there, click on the track Judgment to hear to album's first single. Then go to their MySpace to hear two others (To Pay the Piper and Scatter the Ashes).