Danger Mouse Invites You To A Book-Burning Party. Kind Of.

We’ve been curious as to who would be putting out the multi-vocalist Danger Mouse / Sparklehorse project Dark Night Of The Soul, and with apparently good reason; it turns out that nobody is- only a portion of it will see commercial release, and it’s not the music part. But hey, there’s an upside! If you drop $50 on what we may as well call the new David Lynch book, you’ll get a blank CD-R, presumably so you can burn it for your friends.

According to a rep for Danger Mouse:

“Danger Mouse’s new project Dark Night Of The Soul consists of an album length piece of music by Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse and a host of guest vocalists, along with a collection of original David Lynch photography inspired by and based on the music. The photographs, which provide a visual narrative for the music, are compiled in a limited edition, hand numbered 100+ page book which will now come with a blank, recordable CD-R. All copies will be clearly labeled: ‘For Legal Reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will.’

Due to an ongoing dispute with EMI, Danger Mouse is unable to release the recorded music for Dark Night Of The Soul without fear of being sued by EMI. Danger Mouse remains hugely proud of Dark Night Of The Soul and hopes that people lucky enough to hear the music, by whatever means, are as excited by it as he is.”

Did you catch it? Without implicitly saying so, Danger Mouse’s spokesperson told us all we need to know: “by whatever means.” In other words, he’s not going to let a cool project die because EMI couldn’t/wouldn’t get their shit together. Anyone with an internet connection and even the loosest grasp of the Google search tool can find it, right now, for free. And you should, because the album boasts a fascinating mix of musicians. Look for our review next week- but in the meantime, check out the full Dark Night Of The Soul tracklist:

01. Revenge (w/ The Flaming Lips)
02. Just War (w/ Gruff Rhys)
03. Jaykub (w/ Jason Lytle)
04. Little Girl (w/ Julian Casablancas)
05. Angel’s Harp (w/ Frank Black)
06. Pain (w/ Iggy Pop)
07. Star Eyes (I Can’t Catch It) (w/ David Lynch)
08. Everytime I’m With You (w/ Jason Lytle)
09. Insane Lullaby (w/ James Mercer of The Shins)
10. Daddy’s Gone (w/ Nina Persson)
11. The Man Who Played God (w/ Suzanne Vega)
12. Grim Augury (w/ Vic Chestnutt)
13. Dark Night Of The Soul (w/ David Lynch)

Find out more and pre-order the book here. The album is also currently streaming on NPR.