Dark Night Of The Soul

Monday, May 18, 2009



I’m completely geeked out right now… today, when I went by for my weekly browse of the NPR Exclusive Listen page I discovered the posting of the Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse and David Lynch collaborative album ‘Dark Night Of The Soul’. The official site describes it as an album length piece of music by Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse and a host of guest vocalists (James Mercer of The Shins, The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, Frank Black of the Pixies, Iggy Pop, Nina Persson of The Cardigans, Suzanne Vega, Vic Chesnutt, Scott Spillane of Neutral Milk Hotel and The Gerbils) along with a collection of original David Lynch photography inspired by and based on the music. ‘The photographs, which provide a visual narrative for the music, are compiled in a limited edition hand numbered 100+ page book which will now come with a blank recordable CD-R. All copies will be clearly labeled: ‘For Legal Reasons, enclosed CD-R Contains no music, Use as you will.’ I just bought mine today… (so excited, such a nerd) There's no word as to when the album will be released... apparently it's being blocked by EMI Records.

- These are the links -

For the exclusive free listen go *HERE*
To view the mysterious Official Site visit *HERE*
And to buy the sort of expensive book go *HERE*

I’ve been listening all morning, it’s so good, not just a song but the entire album I’d say. Finally, here is a video of David Lynch delivering the weather report in Los Angeles, I used to love hearing him in the mornings on my once favorite radio station Indie 103.1…

17 comments:

Rebecca said...

My husband was really excited about this yesterday!!! Sounds pretty exciting to me. :)

Gabbi said...

~ Is he a music geek too? :) It's sooo good Rebecca... as soon as I get the book I'm scanning some of the photos and putting them up. Hope your Monday's started off well!xo

Ash Fox said...

Awesome! Lynch is one of my favorite film makers.
x
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Mondo said...

Love that picture. David Lynch has always kept his cool and what a list of bands and musicians - I'm off the check those linkys right now...

Tina { Luphia Loves... } said...

off to check out the music! xx

Gabbi said...

~ Mine too! Thank you dear Ash…xo

~ Hope you like it as much as I do dear Mondo, thank you! :)

~ It’s really good ear Tina, hope you like it! xxoxo

P R I M O E Z A said...

sounds fascinating - i love sparklehorse, i'll check it out x

sealaura said...

sounds amazing. What would I do without your music suggestions? all I need now is the pot of gold to get some of these goodies.

thanks for your kinds words today. I got lucky and my hair behaved on friday :)

Sam said...

It's rare to find an album where you love ALL the songs on it - not just one or two! It's like finding gold really, isn't it! I will most surely check out your links here Gabbi!

Diana said...

David Lynch is nuts and I did hear this on All Songs Considered! So good and thanks for the links!

LenoreNeverM♡re said...

I have watched all his movies & some t.v ads that he has done...I think David Lynch is a genius! Lovely new week to you Gabbi! XO*

Keith said...

That sounds awesome. I hadn't heard of it before.

La chica said...

El cartel desde luego es de lo más inquitante, me encanta.

Emz said...

Never heard about this its interesting though =) I'll definitely have a look hehe.

Couture Carrie said...

I love that you listen to NPR, darling!

xoxox,
CC

Gabbi said...

~ I love Sparklehorse too! Hope you like it :) Thank you Elizabeth…xo

~ Thank you dear Laura! I know what you mean about the hair… mine is so moody but yours looked awesome! xxoxo

~ I agree dear Sam, entire good albums are a rarity! Hope you like it as much as I did… and hope your week is going really well. *besos*

~ He is nuts Diana… but he’s fascinating isn’t he? If I ever meet him I’m going to tell him that I love his weather reports. :) I need to listen to the radio on the weekends.

~ Thank you dear Lenore!! He is a genius… hope your week is lovely too. *bises*

~ It made my Monday… thank you dear Keith!xo

~ Gracias Mujer Imperfecta! xxoxo

~ Hope you like it dear Emz!xo

~ Thank you dearest CC!! xoxoxo

lune_blanc said...

Sounds really interesting and pretty amazing, now I'm dying to find out more about this album.

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