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CAVE IN’s ‘Planets of Old’ Releasing On CD/DVD January 26th
From Hydrahead’s press release “I know we told you that “Planets of Old” was a vinyl only release, but then something happened. Well, several things happened: Cave In wound up with some real buttery footage of the band’s reemergence in Allston, Mass, HHR was alerted to the fact that alternative versions to some of the tracks on the 12″ existed, and then of course the rationalization that maybe people will still buy a CD if said CD is packaged with a DVD. Downloading videos through rapidshare still takes just a little too long, you know what I mean, and, yeah, we’re gonna try and capitalize on that a bit.
If this is the first time you’ve heard anything about this project, “Planets of Old” is Cave In’s already acclaimed comeback EP, the first new material in nearly four years! The thing is genuinely jam-packed with bona fide jammers and the like, discernible proof that these gentlemen haven’t missed a step during their absence and that music, in the general metaphorical sense, still hasn’t caught up with them. Bold, but true.
The CD/DVD release will be available on January 26th.”
Read on for the track listing. CD:
01. Cayman Tongue
02. Retina Sees Rewind
03. The Redtrail
04. Air Escapes
DVD:
01. Luminance
02. Retina Sees Rewind
03. Moral Eclipse
04. Juggernaut
05. Dark Driving
06. The Red Trail
07. Cayman Tongue
08. Trepanning
09. Air Escapes
10. Summit Fever
11. Vicious Circles
12. Big Riff
13. Inflatable Dream
It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.
Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.
Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become 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. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.
“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs 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.”
You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…
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