Truckstop Tomahawk - Tiki Nation (Lava Magma Explosion Vinyl) (Vinyl LP) PRE-ORDER

Expected Release Date: 24-July-2026 - This Pre-order will be shipped on or just before this date. Release dates are subject to alteration.

Tiki Nation finds Truckstop Tomahawk charting new territory at the outer edges of modern exotica. Created by Robert Kress—one half of Kava Kon—the album treats tiki not as nostalgia, but as a living, evolving sound world. These tracks roam freely through imagined geographies: remote islands, half-remembered myths, roadside rituals, and sun-bleached dream states where vintage exotica collides with forward-leaning composition.

Rather than simply revisiting mid-century tropes, Tiki Nation recontextualizes them—layering cinematic arrangements, unexpected textures, and playful titles that hint at folklore, travel, and quiet surrealism. The result is music that feels exploratory and unbound, equally suited for deep listening, late-night reverie, or drifting into unfamiliar landscapes with a drink in hand.

The album’s visual centerpiece deepens this atmosphere. The cover art, Pele’s Release, was painted by Catherine Robbins, a self-taught artist and longtime Hawaiʻi Island resident who created the oil painting in her rainforest studio just miles below Kīlauea’s erupting summit. That proximity to raw, elemental power mirrors the album itself—beautiful, mysterious, and quietly volatile.

Tiki Nation stands as a bold statement of intent: exotica untethered from the past, alive in the present, and pointed firmly toward uncharted horizons.

A1. The Magic Cowboys of Rapa Nui | A2. Legend of Zufu's Chicken | A3. Outdoor Cats | A4. Return to Nan Madol | A5. Shipwreck Island | B1. The Pale Faced Lightening | B2. Galaxy Drifting | B3. Captain Cook's Swing | B4. Burmese Ladder | B5. Supermarket Werewolves