Caramel Carousel
After vanishing from the music scene for over a decade, Gavin Washburn resurfaced in 2026 with Caramel Carousel, a seductive, potent return from a life lived off the rails. These songs don’t chase the myth of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, they’re first-hand accounts, confessions carved out of wreckage and survival by one of rock's most compelling emerging artists.
Caramel Carousel blends rock, pop, and country into something glossy and capricious with moods that vacillate between seductive and sinister. You'll find yourself enjoying the tight production, mesmerized by intoxicating hooks and melodies and suddenly you get the sense you're listening to lyrics torn from the pages of a diary you were never supposed to see. This is a new form of rock music for those who've lost time, burned bridges, and are still standing. Stream Caramel Carousel on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Pandora.
12 Year Silence
12 Year Silence is the debut album from Caramel Carousel, a vivid, raw encapsulation of Gavin's life from 2001 to 2021. This debut rock pop country album delivers with an urgency that is magnetic and unfiltered. Washburn fuses rock, pop, and country with a carelessness that's deeply alluring and familiar. Stories of decadence, desire and despair with honesty and unapologetic passion define every track on this debut rock album. Gavin is writing again, and he's not being quiet about it. 12 Year Silence is available now on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Pandora.
Track List
Degenerator
Happy Fucking Birthday
You Can't Steal My Hoodie
Turquoise Dream
Undertow
High Society
Come Undone
Little Pony
Chillin' at the Bay
Caramel Carousel
Composer: Gavin Washburn
Lyrics: Gavin Washburn
Vocals: Gavin Washburn AI persona
Guitars: Dan Buitron, Byron Filson
Bass Guitars: Byron Filson, Derek Axman
Synth, Keys: Byron Filson
Drums: Gavin Washburn
Mix and Master: Byron Filson and Gavin Washburn at Villain Recording | Phoenix, Arizona
Producer: Gavin Washburn