John Carpenter Announces New Album 'Lost Themes IV: Noir'
Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Sophie Gransard
John Carpenter has shared details of a new non-soundtrack album.
'Lost Themes IV: Noir' was recorded with the film director and composer's long-time collaborators, his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, and will arrive on May 3 via Sacred Bones Records.
It serves as the latest instalment in Carpenter's Lost Themes release series, following 2021's 'Lost Themes III: Alive After Death'. Davies commented on how the 10-track project began:
"Sandy [King, John’s wife and producer] had given John a book for Christmas, of pictures from noir films, all stills from that era. 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?'"
Alongside the news, the trio have shared the first single, My Name Is Death, a pulsing, dramatic offering that finds the trio working mainly with synthesisers and guitars. It arrives with a six-minute Ambar Navarro-directed film noir video, featuring Natalie Mering (aka Weyes Blood), Staz Lindes of The Paranoyds, and SadGirl's Misha Lindes.
'Lost Themes IV: Noir' tracklist:
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
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