David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti have been collaborating on art for decades. Their first ever joint project was 1986 cult-classic mystery Blue Velvet and they’ve joined forces on the majority of Lynch’s film projects since.
Now the pair have announced the release of a jazz album. The project, entitled Thought Gang, was reportedly worked on between 1992 and 1993. Cuts of the release appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Though the collaborative record was never released, until now.
Thought Gang is twelve tracks long and features instrumentation by bassist Reggie Hamilton. Hamilton recalled the experience that was working with David Lynch in a report via Pitchfork “[Lynch] said imagine you’re a chicken with your head cut off running around with a thousand bennies shoved down your throat.”
The album is due for release on November 2nd. Rolling Stone has reported that Lynch will premiere a video body of work based around the record at his upcoming Festival of Disruption in Los Angeles. “It is a short video featuring my friends the ants, along with cheese, etc. and one and a half tracks from the upcoming Thought Gang album” Lynch divulged.
You can listen to one of the tracks off the upcoming record, ‘Woodcutters From Fiery Ships’, below.
Listen: Thought Gang – Woodcutters From Fiery Ships
Thought Gang Tracklist:
01 Stalin Revisited
02 Logic and Common Sense
03 One Dog Bark
04 Woodcutters From Fiery Ships
05 A Real Indication
06 Jack Pains It Red
07 A Meaningless Conversation
08 Frank 2000 Prelude
09 Multi-Tempo Wind Boogie
10 The Black Dog Runs at Night
11 Frank 2000
12 Summer Night Noise
