DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL - No Album Release, But Gallery Show is On

    MUSIC NEWS - The infamous, now non-release of the Danger Mouse / Sparklehorse music project, DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL, at least now has a gallery show in L.A. of the photographs for the project, taken by director David Lynch along with public playing of the album.  Due to legal fights, the album will not be released (at least in the foreseeable future), but is streaming at NPR.com (more on the streaming, here).   Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) won't comment, but his spokesperson said, "Danger Mouse is unable to release the recorded music for 'Dark Night of the Soul' without fear of being sued by EMI."  

Director Lynch became involved in the project to "visually interpret" the songs thru his photography.    Lynch said "The photographs are a representation of what went on in my head when I heard the songs,.." "It all came from the music." The result is a multimedia gallery installation titled "Dark Night of the Soul," which opened this week at L.A.'s Michael Kohn Gallery  (running thru July 11).   David Lynch and Danger Mouse have designed a two-room installation at the gallery that capitalizes on the interaction between the Danger Mouse / Sparklehorse music and the artwork David Lynch created for the album.  The LATimes' Pop & Hiss blog said, "Many of Lynch's images are theatrically stage-lit and peopled with costumed extras in intimate, transitional moments. Others capture scenes of suburban torpor, skid row decrepitude and giddy enactments out of some weird hyper-realm."

A limited-edition hard cover book of Lynch's imagery of the same name was released earlier this month, by powerHouse (see below).