Actor and bandmate Zach Shields released self-titled LP in 2009, toured briefly, then disappeared … until next week

Dead Man’s Bones, the indie duo featuring Ryan Gosling that put out an excellent debut album 17 years ago and then disappeared, have revealed they’re reuniting for new music.

Gosling’s partner Eva Mendes had been teasing new music from the actor and his bandmate Zach Shields, writing on social media that she was “Trying to summon new music from Dead Man’s Bones,” and then, “He came through on his promise to me”:

The video, which combines Dead Man’s Bones’ penchant for Halloween-themed music and children’s vocals — their first album was a collaboration with the Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir — promised “new music” would arrive on October 27.

Dead Man’s Bones’ self-titled album arrived in 2009, but despite some well-deserved buzz for the LP, the band apparently ceased to exist soon after.…