"The material we wanted to do together seemed to take well to the idea that our personas here are as if we’re now outcasts to our own creative selves. Skeleton Joe because we both have assumed these alter egos over the years,” says Cardamone about the origins of the project. “When you have done as much stuff as Joe and I, you have to constantly search for the different and challenging to keep yourself engaged.” “The fact that it's not like anything either one of us have done before is what makes this so interesting for me,” explains Lanegan. And while he's worked many legendary acts over his career, DMvsSJ marks a new band for Lanegan, not a guest spot or featured artist. A prolific artist and author, Lanegan has collaborated with a host of bands and musicians, including UNKLE, Neko Case, The Duke Spirit and Queens of the Stone Age among many others. Skeleton Joe (DMvSJ) mines electronic music and unearths an experimental sound for both of them, a sound coined "gothic death disco" by Louder Sound.
#DARK MARK VS SKELETON JOE CODE#
However, a unique download code will be emailed to all vinyl preorder customers once their preorder has been received and confirmed.Īfter the release of their debut 12" earlier this summer, DARK MARK VS SKELETON JOE (Featuring Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees and Joe Cardamone of The Icarus Line) are proud to announce their upcoming self-titled full-length album, releasing October 15, 2021 via Rare Bird/Kitten Robot Records on digital and streaming platforms, and the 2xLP vinyl edition (available for preorder now) will ship as available and include an immediate download code that will be emailed to vinyl customers on preorder.Ī project born from mutual respect, Dark Mark vs. Of the album, Lanegan had stated, “more than any other record I’ve ever made, it totally has the feel of a time and a place for me… because we did the bulk of it right in the midst of the pandemic, when things were getting crazy in Los Angeles and I was getting, uh, too close to the sun.” Before his death, Lanegan was creating demos for a new solo record, and he will be appearing on the forthcoming How Do You Burn? album from The Afghan Whigs.This is a preorder for the Dark Mark vs Skeleton Joe full-length 2xLP,Īvailable in Black and limited edition Colored Splatter. Skeleton Joe was released on October 15 via Rare Bird and Kitten Robot Records, and can be purchased digitally via the Kitten Robot webstore and Bandcamp, while the vinyl edition can be found on the Rare Bird webstore. The video for “Hiraeth” made its premiere on SPIN on May 13. The title of “Hiraeth” loosely translates from the original Welsh as nostalgia “or strong longing for a life, place, or time, one that may have never even existed.” “Hiraeth” also features a montage of Lanegan’s musical career, showcasing his numerous ventures in such bands as Screaming Trees, Twilight Singers, Queens of the Stone Age, Gutter Twins, and more, all to pay tribute to his artistic legacy and to depict the sense of one’s life flashing before their eyes at the moment of death. “He looked so genuinely happy there, more so than maybe I ever saw in Los Angeles,” Cardamone explains, describing the Irish town as a peaceful and “breathtaking corner of the world” as the two prioritized spending time together as friends over creating a video. From that album now comes the video for “Hiraeth,” created by Cardamone as a eulogy for his late friend and band mate utilizing footage the duo had shot in Lanegan’s home of Killarney, Ireland during his recovery from a coma as a result of his bout with Covid in March of 2021. Skeleton Joe, with the pair’s eponymous album released in October of last year. Among the last of his output was his darkly electronic collaboration with Joe Cardamone under their alter-egos of Dark Mark vs. The passing of Mark Lanegan in February of this year marked a great loss for the world of modern music, as his soulful and emotive voice helped to define the sound of alternative rock.
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