New York, NY (Top40 Charts) John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies have just shared the second single from their forthcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir (set for release on May 3rd via Sacred Bones Records). In addition to streaming release on all DSPs, the trio have unveiled a visualizer by acclaimed animator and longtime collaborator Boneface. The freakish and high contrast visuals underscore the noirish atmosphere of the instrumental, that instills a sense of impending danger via a menacing guitar riff that slices through the core of the song's spectral electronic pulse.
It's been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that became the initial Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood's great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. In the years since, Carpenter, Carpenter, and Davies have released close to a dozen musical projects, including a growing library of studio albums and the scores for DavidGordon Green's trilogy of Halloween reboots. It helped that they grew up in a musical environment. Daniel's dad is The Kinks' Dave Davies, and he would pop by the L.A. studio - the same one the Lost Themes records are made in today - to jam, or to perform at wrap parties for John's films. That innate free-flowing chemistry helps Lost Themes IV: Noir run like a well-oiled machine - the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John's own Christine. It's a chemistry that's helped power one of the most productive stretches of John's creative life, and Noir proves that it's nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.
Lost Themes IV: Noir track list:
My Name is Death
Machine Fear
Last Rites
The Burning Door
He Walks By Night
Beyond The Gallows
Kiss The Blood Off My Fingers
Guillotine
The Demon's Shadow Shadows Have A Thousand Eyes
