Update: Really bad news, I just learned that Mark Linkous has apparently committed suicide.
Danger Mouse’s 2009 album with Sparklehorse, Dark Night of the Soul, is to see an official re-release this summer. And this time, the CDs won’t be blank.
Dark Night of the Soul, first issued last summer, was a deluxe package featuring art by David Lynch and musical cameos by Iggy Pop, Black Francis, the Flaming Lips, Julian Casablancas and even the late songwriter Vic Chesnutt. But despite the project’s mysterious marketing campaign and its esteemed dramatis personae, something was seriously amiss. Although the music leaked quietly to filesharing networks, physical CDs came with the notice: “For legal reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will.”
