Crocodile - The Tale of Otter, Thorn Eater, And the Colored Coyotes of Hidden City (2023)

A release date of October 12 2023 has been set for the highly anticipated third album from Austin TX prog rockers, Crocodile. The release follows their stunning 2019 album 'Howling Mad Black Music Under Hot Stars' and their 2018 classic debut 'His Name Is Stan And He's A Bad Motherf**ker'.

An exciting and creative fusion of adventurous rock and roll and classic country music, 'The Tale Of Otter, Thorn Eater, And The Colored Coyotes Of Hidden City' tells the story of Otter, a white man who loses his young and beautiful wife Annalee one spring morning when their property is raided by a clan of Comanche Indians. He is broken and resolves to drink himself to death.

And Thorn Eater, an American Indian, who loses his son Crawfish to smallpox. He is broken and resolves to find the place which his ancestors told of where one might reconnect with the spirit of their lost ones. A place called The Hidden City.

On his journey Thorn Eater comes upon the Last Stop Saloon. A rough place in the middle of nowhere. Inside he has a run in with a drunken white slumped at the end of the bar (Otter) and after a few hateful words and a brawl, Thorn Eater, realizing they are the same in their pain and loss, tells Otter about The Hidden City and invites him to come along. They leave the Last Stop and Thorn Eater shares his tea with Otter. Peyote tea. They enter The Hidden City and the real story begins.