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Glassjaw Finally Released Their ‘Coloring Book’ EP on Streaming Services [Video]
At long last, Glassjaw has finally released their beloved Coloring Book EP on streaming services to mark its ten-year anniversary.
“The EP, meant as a preview to their third LP which never came to fruition after the well-documented turmoil that came to a head with their label at the time, was initially given away exclusively on the band’s tour in March 2011. It has since become an elusive artifact from Glassjaw’s past, deeply embedded into the fanfare and mystery of the post-hardcore legend’s history.
“Today’s announcement/release comes with a new video from the EP for “Gold”, adds the release. “Directed by Torey Champagne and originally recorded ten years ago, the video features the A-Team Step Group, who were New York’s premiere step team at the time. The almost lost footage is spliced with more recent Glassjaw performances to the backdrop of an array of colors.
“Glassjaw, consistent trailblazers with innovative marketing and products, offered the Coloring Book EP vinyl package as different colored discs to construct a full 12-inch vinyl, each size made to be interchangeable to make as many as 120 different combinations of the same record. They’ve been sitting on a limited batch of those records and, as part of the ten-year anniversary, will be releasing them today – February 15.”
COLORING BOOK EP TRACKLISTING
- Black Nurse
- Gold
- Vanilla Poltergeist Snake
- Miracles In Inches
- Stations Of The New Cross
- Daytona White
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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