With tomorrow marking the one year anniversary of the death of garage rock musician Jay Reatard, the singer and songwriter’s official fan club is marking the occasion by teasing a bevy of new material to be released. Included amongst promises of new releases and a new tee shirt? News of a full-length Reatard documentary. Though we don’t know more beyond that, it’s certainly interesting to speculate on what we might see from such a doc, especially about such a passionate and often controversial figure.

The mystery surrounding Reatard’s (birth name: Jimmy Lee Lindsay, Jr.) death, combined with the young musician’s prodigious talent and large output of music should make for plenty of doc fodder. The Tennessee-born talent played in a number of bands (the best known including The Reatards and Lost Sounds), while also penning songs for many other projects. Though he never reached anything resembling mainstream status, Reatard has a dedicated following of fans, and his death effected them immensely.

Back in 2009, Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz made a short doc about Reatard called WAITING FOR SOMETHING. The film showcases Reatard talking about a number of things, such as vinyl and his favorite musicians. There is also live footage from shows. It may give us a small glimpse of what to expect from the new doc, so I have embedded it for your viewing pleasure after the break.

Source Stereogum and Jay Reatard, via Pitchfork