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Our Lady Peace Discusses New Album ‘Curve’

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Members of the rock band Our Lady Peace are discussing their thoughts and emotions when entering the studio to record their eighth studio album, Curve, which comes out April 3, 2012. The band has already released a single entitled Heavyweight (iTunes) and has announced a short US tour this spring (tour dates below).

“This is the record we’ve been trying to make for the past 10 years. There’s something to be said about being beaten up and being able to dust yourself off and get back in the ring,” says vocalist/lyricist Raine Maida.
“[Co-producer] Jason [Lader] and I had a very frank discussion about the early recordings of Curve before he came in,” says Maida.  “He asked why we weren’t making a record that we’d like to listen to ourselves. That was our impetus for abandoning what we started, bringing in Jason and truly challenging ourselves to come up with something more authentic and inspired. He helped us operate without the filter predicated by walking the major label tightrope.”

“While writing for Curve the focus was on being musically brave,” states bassist Duncan Coutts. “It became the mantra in our sessions.”
Drummer Jeremy Taggart: “This feels the most like it did in the early days. We just tried to let our ideas flow without worrying about radio or anything like that. It’s easier to be creative when you let something grow naturally as opposed to trying to fit in into something.”
Our Lady Peace tour dates:
March 29th – London, ON – Concert Theatre
March 31st – Peterborough, ON – The Venue
April 2nd – Montreal, ON – Corona
April 3rd – Toronto, ON – The Phoenix
April 5th – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
April 6th – Buffalo, NY – Club Infinity
April 7th – Detroit, MI – St Andrew’s Hall
April 8th – Chicago, IL – Subterranean
April 10th – North Bay, ON – The Wall
April 12th – Thunder Bay, ON – Community Auditorium
April 13th – Winnipeg MB – Garrick
April 16th – Calgary, AB – Flame Central
April 17th – Edmonton, AB – Starlite 
April 19th – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
April 20th – Seattle,WA – The Crocodile Cafe
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“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

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April 9, 2024

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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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