Dark Night of the Soul

After working with Danger Mouse on Sparklehorse's 2006 album Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain, the late Mark Linkous reunited with the producer to work on a set of songs that he didn’t feel comfortable singing himself, so they recruited an A-list crew of singers to provide vocals and lyrics. Wayne Coyne's“Revenge” is an inspired fusion of Linkous’ dead-of-night ballads and the Flaming Lips' philosophizing, while Grandaddy's Jason Lytle is a perfect match for the fragile, spacy Americana of “Jaykub” and "Everytime I’m with You." Dark Night of the Soul underscores what a talent, and what a generous collaborator, we lost in Mark Linkous. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi