A glorious time is upon us: Ryan Gosling is making indie rock again. All the way back in 2009, Gosling got together with a guy named Zach Shields, and the two of them bonded over the shared experience of getting scared on Disney's Haunted Mansion ride. They started making music together under the name Dead Man's Bones, and they released one very cool album of eerie, folky music, with backing vocals from the Silverlake Conservatory Children's Choir. They played a few live shows around Halloween 2009, too. Now, as the prophecy foretold a few days ago, Dead Man's Bones are back with their first new song in 17 years.

In the time since Dead Man's Bones released their self-titled debut, Ryan Gosling has become an even bigger movie star, while Zach Shields has established himself as a Hollywood screenwriter, working on some of the recent American Godzilla movies and the forthcoming Weapons prequel Gladys .…