Danny Elfman Now Set to Release His First Solo Album in 37 Years
Josh Millican
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Before he became a famed soundtrack composer, Danny Elfman was a rock star; the frontman of Oingo Boingo and a solo artist with an amazing voice and killer chops. Elfman was set to return to stages in 2020 (including a headlining spot at Coachella before the fest was canceled during the peak of the Coronavirus pandemic) but was forced instead to seek creative outlets indoors.
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The result, a new studio album called Big Mess, is now slated to arrive on June 11th via ANTI- and Epitaph. This marks Elfman’s first non-soundtrack solo effort since 1984! The announcement came with the release of a new video: “True”, directed by Sarah Sitkin.
“The video is an exploration of fractured identity, muffled through the lens of memory,” Sitkin said in a statement via Pitchfork. “Danny is a central figure within the video, yet only in his reproduced likeness via prosthetics, masks, and 3D printed body parts. I wanted to make a video that was gritty, unpolished, and uncomfortable.”
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Check out the video for “True” below.
Big Mess track listing:
01 Sorry
02 True
03 In Time
04 Everybody Loves You
05 Dance With the Lemurs
06 Serious Ground
07 Choose Your Side
08 We Belong
09 Happy
10 Just a Human
11 Devil Take Away
12 Love in the Time of Covid
13 Native Intelligence
14 Better Times
15 Cruel Compensation
16 Kick Me
17 Get Over It
18 Insects
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