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Vampires Everywhere! Commence Recording On Debut Album

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Out of the shadows of Los Angeles emerge VAMPIRES EVERYWHERE!, who will soon cast a dark, ominous curse across the rock genre with their much anticipated debut full-length album. The group are currently holed up in their hometown with acclaimed producer Fred Archambault (Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones) so look for this new offering to be released sometime this fall.
VAMPIRES EVERYWHERE! will also be posting frequent video blogs from the studio so be sure to head over HERE in order to view the first installment. The group are also excited to announce their first ever nationwide North American tour alongside Black Veil Brides this summer, so be sure to visit http://www.myspace.com/vampireseverywhere or see below to view their complete tour itinerary.

Michael Vampire (vocals) checks in with the following report: “Hello beautiful people. I want to say that we are all super excited about our upcoming tour with Black Veil Brides, Modern Day Escape and Get Scared. This will be the first tour for VAMPIRES EVERYWHERE! We are excited to hit the stage and bring our music to the masses. We are equally excited about our upcoming full-length release on Century Media Records. The album should be out in September and we will hit the road immediately to support it. 
“We have been working with producer Fred Archambault. He is an amazing guy and probably the most professional producer I’ve ever worked with. He brings both creativity and structure to the recording process. We feel very lucky to be working with him. We have full confidence in this album and believe it will bring something fresh to the music scene. VE! has big plans for the future and we are always working hard to break down new barriers. We look forward to meeting all of you on the road. Thanks and much evil love to you all.”
 
VAMPIRES EVERYWHERE! issued a 2-song EP, Lost In The Shadows, on April 13th and is exclusively available on the countertops at all 685 Hot Topic locations nationwide. You can also click HERE to purchase now. 
 
VAMPIRES EVERYWHERE! Undead before the trend and shall remain so forever.
 
VAMPIRES EVERYWHERE! w/Black Veil Brides, Modern Day Escape, Get Scared
July 2, 2010 San Diego, CA @ Epicenter
July 3, 2010 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
July 5, 2010 Mesa, AZ @ The Underground
July 6, 2010 Albuquerque, NM @ The Launchpad
July 7, 2010 Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridglea Theatre
July 8, 2010 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
July 9, 2010 Houston, TX @ The Junction
July 10, 2010 New Orleans, LA @ High Ground
July 11, 2010 Jacksonville, FL @ The Pit
July 12, 2010 Tampa, FL @ Transitions
July 13, 2010 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
July 15, 2010 Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
July 16, 2010 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
July 17, 2010 Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock Café
July 18, 2010 Vineland, NJ @ Hanger 84
July 19, 2010 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
July 20, 2010 Montreal, QC, CANADA @ The Underworld
July 21, 2010 Toronto, ON, CANADA @ Sneaky Dee’s
July 22, 2010 Buffalo, NY @ Xtreme Wheels
July 23, 2010 Detroit, MI @ I-Rock Nightclub
July 24, 2010 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
July 25, 2010 Pittsburg, PA @ Club Octane
July 26, 2010 Covington, KY @ Mad Hatter
July 27, 2010 Chicago, IL @ Fiesta
July 28, 2010 Dayton, OH @ The Attic
July 29, 2010 Sauget, (St. Louis), IL @ Pops
July 30, 2010 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
July 31, 2010 Des Moines, IA @ House of Bricks
August 1, 2010 Tulsa, OK @ The Marquee
August 3, 2010 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
August 4, 2010 Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep
August 5, 2010 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
August 6, 2010 Boise, ID @ The Venue
August 7, 2010 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
August 8, 2010 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
August 11, 2010 Sacramento, CA @ The Boardwalk
August 12, 2010 Fresno, CA @ Club Retro
August 13, 2010 Las Vegas, NV @ Area 702
August 14, 2010 Lancaster, CA @ Cedar Center
August 15, 2010 Los Angeles, CA @ The Whisky

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‘Lost Themes IV: Noir’ – John Carpenter Announces New Album & Releases New Music Video!

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(l-r) Cody Carpenter, John Carpenter, Daniel Davies - Photo Credit: Sophie Gransard

John Carpenter has been teasing big news for a couple weeks now and all has been revealed this morning. Carpenter is back with Lost Themes IV: Noir from 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.

John Carpenter called the first Lost Themes album “a soundtrack for the movies in your mind.”

From John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, Lost Themes IV: Noir is set for release on May 3 via Sacred Bones Records. The album pays tribute to Noir cinema!

In conjunction with the announcement, they’ve shared a music video for the album’s first single, “My Name Is Death”, a miniature noir film directed by Ambar Navarro, starring Natalie Mering (Weyes Blood), Staz Lindes (The Paranoyds) and Misha Lindes (SadGirl). “Noir is a uniquely American genre born in post-war cinema,” states Carpenter. “ We grew up loving Noir and were influenced by it for this new album. The video celebrates this style and our new song, My Name is Death.”

Sacred Bones previews, “The scene-setting new single marks new territory for Carpenter and his cohorts, propelled by a driving post-punk bassline that is embellished by washes of atmospheric synth, pulsing drum machine, and, at the song’s climax, a smoldering guitar solo.”

“Sandy [King, John’s wife and producer] had given John a book for Christmas, of pictures from noir films, all stills from that era,” Davies says of the lightbulb moment for Lost Themes IV. “I was looking through it, and I thought, ‘I like that imagery, and what those titles make me think of. What if we loosely based it around that? What if the titles were of some of John’s favorite noir films?’ Some of the music is heavy guitar riffs, which is not in old noir films. But somehow, it’s connected in an emotional way.”

Sacred Bones notes, “Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes the songs on Lost Themes IV ‘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 noir quality, then, is something you understand instinctively when you hear it.”

“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,” the label explains. “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 David Gordon 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.”

Here’s the full Lost Themes IV: Noir track list:

1. My Name is Death
2. Machine Fear
3. Last Rites
4. The Burning Door
5. He Walks By Night
6. Beyond The Gallows
7. Kiss The Blood Off My Fingers
8. Guillotine
9. The Demon’s Shadow
10. Shadows Have A Thousand Eyes

The following physical variants will be available:

  • Sacred Bones Exclusive Red on Clear Splatter vinyl w/ Screen Printed 7” bonus track “Black Cathedral”, a Silver Foil Stamped Jacket and poster.
  • Sacred Bones Society Exclusive on Black and White Splatter on Clear w/ Screen Printed 7” bonus track “Black Cathedral”, a Silver Foil Stamped Jacket and poster.
  • All retail Transparent Red, with a Gold Foil Stamped Jacket and poster.
  • Indie Exclusive Tan and Black Marble, w/ Screen Printed 7” bonus track “Black Cathedral”, a Gold Foil Stamped Jacket and poster.
  • Rough Trade Exclusive Oxblood Red and Black Splatter, w/ Screen Printed 7” bonus track “Black Cathedral”, a Gold Foil Stamped Jacket and poster.
  • Shout Exclusive Black and Clear cloudy, w/ Screen Printed 7” bonus track “Black Cathedral”, a Gold Foil Stamped Jacket and poster.
  • Black LP, with a Gold Foil Stamped Jacket and poster.
  • CD
  • Tape

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now!

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