{"id":488260,"date":"2019-07-22T11:26:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T17:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=861881"},"modified":"2019-07-22T11:26:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T17:26:41","slug":"hear-mark-lanegan-band-go-new-wave-with-new-song-letter-never-sent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/hear-mark-lanegan-band-go-new-wave-with-new-song-letter-never-sent\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Mark Lanegan Band Go New Wave With New Song \u2018Letter Never Sent\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mark-lanegan-song.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/mark-lanegan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mark-lanegan\" data-tag=\"mark-lanegan\">Mark Lanegan<\/a> Band\u2019s new single, \u201cLetter Never Sent,\u201d is a dusky, synth-laden New Wave number on which Lanegan sings about \u201cpainful reflection,\u201d \u201csad introspection\u201d and skulls in close proximity to tire irons. The melody and incessant drum machine makes it sound deceptively upbeat, and it all leads up to a mysterious chorus, \u201cYou could send me a letter, a letter never sent.\u201d The song will appear on the group\u2019s upcoming album, <em>Somebody\u2019s Knocking<\/em>, due out October 18th.<\/p>\n<p>The New Wavey vibe seems like a new direction for the former Screaming Trees frontman, who has also recorded with Queens of the Stone Age. But in a statement, Lanegan said it was something he had long wanted to do. \u201cI\u2019ve always been into electronic music since I was a kid,\u201d he said. \u201cI think the reason those elements have become more obvious in my music is that my tastes have changed as I\u2019ve grown older. The bulk of what I listen to now is electronic. Alain Johannes and I had actually written \u2018Penthouse High\u2019 for [Lanegan\u2019s last album] <em>Gargoyle<\/em> but then it didn\u2019t really fit on that record. I have been a huge fan of New Order and Depeche Mode forever and have wanted to do a song along those lines for a long time \u2014 a blatantly catchy, old-school dance-type song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group will spend the fall touring throughout Europe in support of the record, but this summer Lanegan will be enjoying a different kind of singing gig. This week through Thursday night, Lanegan will be the guest vocalist with Fred Armisen\u2019s 8G band on <em>Late Night With Seth Meyers<\/em>. Other guests include members of Les Savvy Fav and Girls Against Boys and guitarist Marnie Stern.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Somebody\u2019s Knocking<\/em> Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cDisbelief Suspension\u201d<br \/>2. \u201cLetter Never Sent\u201d<br \/>3. \u201cNight Flight to Kabul\u201d<br \/>4. \u201cDark Disco Jag\u201d<br \/>5. \u201cGazing From the Shore\u201d<br \/>6. \u201cStitch It Up\u201d<br \/>7. \u201cPlaying Nero\u201d<br \/>8. \u201cPenthouse High\u201d<br \/>9. \u201cPaper Hat\u201d<br \/>10. \u201cName and Number\u201d<br \/>11. \u201cWar Horse\u201d<br \/>12. \u201cRadio Silence\u201d<br \/>13. \u201cShe Loved You\u201d<br \/>14. \u201cTwo Bells Ringing at Once\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/mark-lanegan-band-letter-never-sent-861881\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mark Lanegan Band\u2019s new single, \u201cLetter Never Sent,\u201d is a dusky, synth-laden New Wave number on which Lanegan sings about \u201cpainful reflection,\u201d \u201csad introspection\u201d and skulls in close proximity to tire irons. The melody and incessant drum machine makes it sound deceptively upbeat, and it all leads up to a mysterious chorus, \u201cYou could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-488260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-25 01:04:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}