We’ve got something really special and fun for you today. I want to introduce you to German rocker/songwriter Laura Carbone, whose music has drawn comparisons to artists such as Marilyn Manson, PJ Harvey, and Hope Sandoval.
Carbone is gearing up for tomorrow’s North American release of her debut album Sirens, which features 11 tracks of dark wave brooding rock. And to help hype that release, we’ve got not one but two awesome features that we’re cramming into this piece!
First of all, we got Carbone to share five of her favorite David Lynch films and music from each one that stands out. Carbone is a huge fan of Lynch and it’s obvious in her her music, which is as surreal and entrancing as the director’s offerings. Below are her choices with explanations for each.
Secondly, above is an exclusive first listen to the track “Heavy Heavy”, which sounds like it’d fit perfectly into a David Lynch film, bringing everything full circle. With driving drums and an almost macabre intensity, the song exudes mystery with a sexiness that cannot be denied.
You can pre-order Sirens either digitally via iTunes or get a physical copy via Saki.
From Laura Carbone:
Mulholland Drive
‘Mulholland Drive’ is definitely my favorite Lynch movie. It’s like almost every other Lynch movie being very dreamlike, mysterious and takes places in a super unreal universe. It was the first Lynch movie i watched and i fell in love with the way he described his main female characters. My favorite scene is when “La Llorona“ performs at Club Silencio and then collapses, probably to death. Her singing is so intense, haunting and overemotional that I teared up when I watched it for the first time.
I love the way Lynch gives you always time to soak up performances that happen in his movies.Wild at Heart
“This whole world’s wild at heart and weird on top.“ So true.
I do love this bizarre road trip of the two romantic outlaws through the south of the US. One of my favorite songs “Wicked Games“ by Chris Isaak is playing in the background when they both are driving through the night and some witch from ‘The wizard of Oz’ rides next to them. Truly bizarre and very “Lynch” how this romantic scene ends and turns the tables on the movie.Lost Highway
The Lynch movie with the most impressive soundtrack curated by Trent Reznor includes Bowie, Manson, Smashing Pumpkins, Lou Reed, Rammstein and, of course, Reznor himself.
I cannot decide which scene is the creepiest. When the Mystery Man wants Fred to call his home or what’s on the first cassette. However, I always love how his movies leave you with the option to fill in the blanks – to use your own creativity and reality. ‘Lost Highway‘ is a perfect example for that. What has happened? Is there an ending? Is there a morphing?Blue Velvet
Isabella Rossellini as nightclub singer Dorothy is pure beauty and so it happens my favorite scene is Dorothy singing “Blue Velvet“.Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Or ‘The last week of the life of Laura Palmer‘. You’ll get a brief introduction to the “Twin Peaks” series and of course it makes sense to first watch the series, then the movie. Don’t think chronological – Lynch wouldn’t do that either. Chris Isaak plays FBI agent Chester and it’s delicious to watch him and not only listen to his music in Lynch movies and, of course, the grand Angelo Badalamenti opens the movie with the infamous “Twin Peaks Theme“.
I love the scene when Laura and her friend Donna are in this surreal, blurry sex club. The music is so loud, psychedelic and full of warm tremolo and it’s super hard to understand the conversations. But that’s the best thing about it – you don’t have to understand and analyze everything to fall into a Lynch movie.
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