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Converge Reissues ‘Jane Doe’…..FINALLY!

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14 years ago

April 4, 2010

“Jane Doe” has been said it was going to be reissued every year for what feels like at least five (5) years now. Well it was well worth the wait and even though this is a reissue it is on my most anticipated for 2010 now. For those of you who haven’t experienced “Jane Doe” now is a great time to go to your record store and pick it up and hopefully you’ll like it enough to pick up this reissue.

Read more past the break for my little rant on “Jane Doe” as well as where to pick up the reissue of the record.
“Jane Doe” came out in 2001 and changed the way metal and hardcore was going. Think of a hybrid between The Dillinger Escape Plan’s “Calculating Infinity” and Cave In’s “Until Your Heart Stops”. Safe to say this album bitched slapped me in the face and has since become not only my favorite record of all time but the record that changed my life. I’m sure a lot of people reading this if you’re into Converge can agree or at least see where I’m coming from. Which brings me to my point of why I’m so pumped about this reissue. The reissue is being released on 2X12″LP and will be pressed on 5 different colors between Deathwish Inc. and Equal Vision Records. This is an extremely limited release and if you get to it in time there is also a T-Shirt/LP pre-order which is exclusive to this pressing only. You will find the pre-order link below, so hopefully you guys get your hands on this and enjoy it once it comes out. There is not a specific release date but orders will start being shipped in May. Once I get mine in the mail expect a review/retrospective on “Jane Doe”. Until then GET PUMPED!

Pre-order HERE

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“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

Published

2 weeks ago

April 9, 2024

John Squires

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…