The Danger Mouse / Sparklehorse / David Lynch collaborative project known as Dark Night of the Soul has been around for, at least, a year. Due to a bunch of legal mumbo jumbo between all the labels involved (every song features a different guest musician so I assume there was much paperwork) the album has never had an official release. However, it appears that everything has been sorted and the album will be legitimately available on July 13th. There's a deluxe box set that includes a 12" booklet filled with David Lynch photography - along with a 2xLP and 2xCD (album and instrumentals). Granted, I don't expect anyone to spend $80 on such a thing but it's nice to know it exists.

Along with that news there is a fully immersive Flash site to explore around and hear tracks from the album. It's rare that I spend much time on such sites these days but this one is done well - interesting aesthetic, easy to use, great music and lots of little things to interact with.

The album itself has been in fairly heavy rotation for me since its procurement a year ago and I really can't recommend it enough. This is probably old news to the majority of you but if you haven't gotten it yet, get it on the 13th. I wish they hadn't changed the cover art but that's a small price to pay for a proper release.