John Carpenter – alongside his collaborators Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies – have just announced their new album Lost Themes IV: Noir for May 3 via Sacred Bones Records. The trio is now streaming their new single "My Name Is Death" alongside a miniature noir film directed by Ambar Navarro, starring Natalie Mering (Weyes Blood), Staz Lindes (The Paranoyds) and Misha Lindes (SadGirl).
"Noir is a uniquely American genre born in post-war cinema," said John Carpenter. "We grew up loving Noir and were influenced by it for this new album. The video celebrates this style and our new song, 'My Name is Death'."
"Sandy [King, John's wife and producer] had given John a book for Christmas, of pictures from noir films, all stills from that era," Davies said of the lightbulb moment for Lost Themes IV. "I was looking through it, and I thought, 'I like that imagery, and what those titles make me think of. What if we loosely based it around that? What if the titles were of some of John's favorite noir films?'"
Pre-orders for Lost Themes IV: Noir are available here.
