GLENN DANZIG Featured On MELISSA AUF DER MAUR's OUT OF OUR MINDS Solo Project

January 15, 2010

Melissa Auf der Maur (MAdM) is set to unveil the first chapter of her multimedia solo project OUT OF OUR MINDS (OOOM) with a new album set for release on March 16. Dynamic, multilayered and independently produced, OOOM is a 21st-century concept project that includes a solo album, short film, comic book, live performances, gallery presentations and several viral components. A "choose your own adventure" — one can collect and consume all the parts, or each part can exist on its own.

The album's lead single and title track is currently available now for free download via MAdM's web site. Fans will see the rest of the project unfold in various forms throughout 2010.

Melissa Auf der Maur said of the project, "OOOM began as a song. It was mid-first-decade of the 21st Century and technology had just begun to dismantle the music business towers. It was the best thing that could've ever happened to me. The landscape changed and I began to morph my roots in visual arts with the music. The many portals of OOOM invite listeners and viewers to discover on their own, at their own pace and in their own space. If you're listening, Come in…"

The OOOM album consists of 12 powerful tracks produced and mixed by top-flight creative collaborators including Jordon Zadorozny (SAM ROBERTS),Chris Goss (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, UNKLE),Alan Molder (DEPECHE MODE, SMASHING PUMPKINS),and Mike Fraser (FRANZ FERDINAND, AC/DC). The album features a notable special duet with legendary Goth rocker Glenn Danzig on "Father's Grave". Other standout tracks are "Meet Me On The Dark Side" and "22 Below", which highlights MAdM's ability to fuse her bass rifts with captivating melodies.

An essential component of OOOM is the 28-minute, HD film starring and conceived by MAdM under the direction of Tony Stone. The film was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival last year, as well as at World Con's 67th Annual Sci-Fi Convention, garnering widespread critical praise. In October, the OOOM film was added as an installation piece and contemporary interpretation to an international showcase of pre-Raphaelite painter J.W. Waterhouse's work. This exhibit will run in Montreal, Quebec at the Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts until February 7.

The limited edition OOOM comic book and matching picture-disc vinyl are also currently available via xmadmx.com.

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