Dark night of the soul is the first and only album by danger mouse and sparklehorse, featuring collaborations by numerous notable musicians its release was postponed due to a legal dispute with. Danger mouse and sparklehorse dark night of the soul 2010. Dark dream world all alone shadows movin shadows have long gone by shadows have long gone by dark night of the soul our souls time slippin. First off it is an absolute tragedy that those wankers at emi stopped this albums release.
The danger mousesparklehorse collaboration, dark night of. As a nosethumbing stopgap, the trio is releasing lynchs book of photography meant to provide a visual narrative for the music with a blank cd. Home danger mouse the danger mouse sparklehorse collaboration, dark night of the soul, now streaming at npr the danger mouse sparklehorse collaboration, dark night of the soul, now. As half of the acclaimed duo gnarls barkley, danger mouse is no stranger to highstakes collaborations. Dark night of the soul is a record with much backstory. The author himself did not give any title to his poem, on which he wrote two book length commentaries. Danger mouse and sparklehorse, dark night of the soul.
A book of photos by director david lynch was issued with a blank cdr, and the tracks were widely leaked. I wont try to describe the music but this record is a challenging listen at first but is very rewarding if youre open to it. With a cast everyone from david lynch to iggy pop reading like a fantasy pop. May 27, 2009 it ended up as dark night of the soul, involving more than a dozen noteworthy musical collaborators as well as david lynch, who signed on to create a 100page book of original photography inspired. David lynch illustrates dark night of the soul, which opens today at.
Danger mouse, sparklehorse dark night of the soul 180. Danger mouse, sparklehorse dark night of the soul amazon. Dark night of the soul danger mouse, sparklehorse songs. Its release was postponed due to a legal dispute with the albums distributor emi. Dark night of the soul is an album by audio auteur danger mouse and the already muchmissed sparklehorse. John described the dark night, as the time when a believer feels totally abandoned by god, and which can lead to doubting gods existence. Musical visionary danger mouse, iconoclastic filmmaker david lynch, and celebrated rock recluse sparklehorse have converged to create dark night of the. Danger mouse and sparklehorse danger mouse and sparklehorse dark night of the soul. The flaming lips, gruff rhys super furry animals, jason lytle grandaddy, julian casablancas the strokes, black francis th. Danger mouse and sparklehorse dark night of the soul 2009. Julian casablancas dark night of the soul youtube sparklehorse radio sessions duration. Danger mouse and sparklehorse dark night of the soul album. Dark night of the soul npr coverage of dark night of the soul.
Wayne coyne dark night of the soul, 2009 youtube sparklehorse radio sessions duration. The questions keeping dark night of the soul from coming out are as mysterious. May 29, 2009 for fans of danger mouse and sparklehorse, however, the exhibition serves another purpose. Dark night of the soul featuring david lynch personal favorite tracks are 2, 7, and 12, though there isnt a bad track on here. Jul 07, 2010 id seen him singing on his last film, inland empire, and he has a good voice, so we got him to sing stars eyes i cant catch it and the last song, dark night of the soul. Danger mouse worked on a few songs on sparklehorses 2006. Jul 12, 2010 dark night of the soul is a studio album by danger mouse and sparklehorse, featuring collaborations by numerous notable musicians. Dark dream world all alone shadows movin shadows have long gone by shadows have long gone by dark night of the soul our souls time slippin by i. Dark night of the soul danger mouse and sparklehorse. It is one of the only places to hear the songs from dark night of the soul, because of the disagreement between burton who is obligated to deliver one more album to his label and emi about the terms of commercially distributing the cd. The album was commercially successful in the united kingdom, and was wellreceived by music critics. Danger mousesparklehorse lp dark night of the soul gets.
Recorded in 2009 and then shelved after legal disputes between danger mouse and emi, dark night of the soul looked destined to never be released. Legal drama between danger mouse and emi tied up the albums release. Jul 12, 2010 yet the project, an effort spearheaded by studio maestro danger mouse, a. The record sees the pair joined by the following remarkable roll call of guests.
Dark night of the soul is a studio album by danger mouse and sparklehorse, featuring collaborations by numerous notable musicians. May 12, 2009 musical visionary danger mouse, iconoclastic filmmaker david lynch, and celebrated rock recluse sparklehorse have converged to create dark night of the soul, a project encompassing a new fulllength album and limited edition book. The danger mouse and sparklehorse project with david lynch is the. Due to a dispute with emi the album was not released officially until july 12, 2010. Dark night of the soul by danger mouse and sparklehorse with david lynch though its already made its way to the internet, one of the years most talkedabout albums may never be. Its release was postponed due to a legal dispute with the albums distributor emi and was finally released in july 2010, about a year after it had been leaked to the internet and danger mouse had released a blank cdr as a way of working around the dispute. Dark night of the soul danger mouse, david lynch, sparklehorse on. Sparklehorse, who committed suicide this past march. Danger mouses dark night of the soul to see the light of. A year after danger mouse released the album as a blank cdr and four months after the death of sparklehorse s mark linkous, the album finally sees thelight of day.
Jun 24, 2009 dark night of the soul is a collaboration between sparklehorse and danger mouse, with david lynch adding musical contributions as well as a complementary 100page book of original photography. Postdark night of the soul danger mouses career has gone from strength to strength, being an increasingly in demand as a producer and teaming up with another vocalist from this album, james mercer of the shins to form broken bells, who have released a couple of albums and confirmed that danger mouse, while a serial collaborator, is at least. It ended up as dark night of the soul, involving more than a dozen noteworthy musical collaborators as well as david lynch, who signed on to create a 100page book of. Danger mouse and sparklehorse dark night of the soul. Danger mouse and sparklehorse presents by danger mouse, sparklehorse, and david lynch. Ascent of mount carmel subida del monte carmelo and the dark night noche oscura.
Danger mouse and sparklehorse team up with david lynch for dark night of the soul june 27, 2010 it took more than a year of closely guarded negotiations, but dark night of the. Wikipedia more blandly calls it a treatise on loneliness, and you can read it online here. Dark night of the soul danger mouse, david lynch, sparklehorse on amazon. Danger mouse on mark linkous and dark night of the soul. Dark night of the soul photography book by david lynch. This album is an absolute classic, dark and sweet like bournville chocolate. But the album is more like a festival of short films, each one marked with the unique touch of a different, storied first billing. Danger mouse and sparklehorse were due to release an album in the summer of 2009 entitled danger mouse and sparklehorse present. Working with mark linkous wasnt easy, but it was worth it let the man behind the grey album talk and play you through dark night of the soul.
Musical visionary danger mouse, iconoclastic filmmaker david lynch, and celebrated rock recluse sparklehorse have converged to create dark night of the soul, a project encompassing a new fulllength album and limited edition book. If you dont know the artists i suggest you read up on them because knowing them helps you understand what this is meant to be. David lynch,danger mouse and sparklehorse dark night of the. Director david lynch worked up a number of images in his patented surrealistic style for a book to accompany the new album by danger mouse and sparklehorse featuring an alist team of additional collaborators like the flaming lips, iggy pop, suzanne vega, frank black, james mercer the shins, and julian casablancas. It comes with a book of photos by david lynch which is meant to be a visual narrative. Brian burton, and the adventurous, rootsy surrealism of sparklehorse, a. Danger mouse and sparklehorse dark night of the soul lyrics. Jun 09, 2009 t he cover of danger mouse and sparklehorses parade of musical superheroes, dark night of the soul, suggests a movie poster. It was finally released in july 2010, about a year after it had been leaked to the internet and danger mouse had released a blank cdr as a way of working around the dispute. Find similar albums to dark night of the soul danger mouse, sparklehorse on allmusic. The flaming lips, gruff rhys super furry animals, jason lytle grandaddy, julian casablancas the strokes, black francis the pixies, iggy pop, david lynch, james mercer the shinsbroken bells, nina.
To purchase the book andor to find out more about dark night of the soul, check out. Dark night of the soul by danger mouse and sparklehorse. As half the acclaimed duo gnarls barkley, danger mouse is no stranger to highstakes collaborations. David lynch, sparklehorse and danger mouse collaborated on dark night of the soul, an album that may never officially be released. Features song lyrics for danger mouse and sparklehorse s dark night of the soul album. Though dark night of the soul a collaboration featuring songs written and produced by danger mouse and sparklehorse s mark linkous accompanied by david lynch s photography was supposed to come out in 2009, a legal dispute between danger mouse and emi delayed its release by over a year.
The dark night of the soul album has had a tumultuous history, to say the least. Dark night of the soul danger mouse sparklehorse youtube. May 16, 2009 dark night of the soul is in reference to the works of st. A blissfully dark and surreal experience combining numerous artistic talents as well as artistic forms that will definitely make some form of impact. Mar 05, 2020 after four albums, sparklehorse was on the verge of releasing a starstudded albumphotobook collaboration with danger mouse and david lynch, dark night of the soul, when linkous died by suicide. The dark night of the soul, a term coined by the 17th century spanish mystic. A limitededition bound book of lynchs imagery of the same name was released. Danger mouse s 2009 album with sparklehorse, dark night of the soul, is to see an official rerelease this summer. Danger mouse and sparklehorse dark night of the soul discogs. Gruff rhys dark night of the soul youtube gruff rhys honey all over official video duration.