John Carpenter and longtime band mates Cody Carpenter (synths) and Daniel Davies (guitar) share a second track from 'Cathedral' and accompanying visualizer - both taken from the forthcoming project that marks Carpenter's highly anticipated return to the realm of audio/visual narrative storytelling. 'Cathedral' spans a new album set for release August 7th on Sacred Bones Records alongside his first ever graphic novel, set for release August 4 via Storm King Comics.
Designed as a fully immersive project, 'Cathedral' functions as both soundtrack and narrative engine: each track aligns with a chapter of the graphic novel, with liner notes guiding listeners through the story. As a result the story unfurls like a film and is certainly the closest approximation to a new movie from Carpenter since 2010. "It was so cinematic and vivid," Carpenter says of the dream that inspired the story. "I thought, 'I have to score this.' It's kind of our first heavy metal album."
Following previously shared track "Lord of the Underground", today they share the grinding and dramatic track "The Ferryman", along with brand new imagery from the graphic novel. In a story rich with River Styx iconography, "The Ferryman" scores a scene in which we encounter the subterranean character of the same name. "I like that one because it really seems to feature all three of us in a special way," Davies says. "It has interesting harmonies that Cody put together and John's signature pad-style string parts. It's more of an electronic metal track in a way, but we just wanted to make it as heavy and driving as possible."
