The long-lost Slipknot offshoot album, “Look Outside Your Window“, officially has a release date. That effort won’t be arriving under the Slipknot moniker, instead emerging as an eponymous affair. You can expect to get your hands on it on vinyl via LOYW on Record Store Day, April 18th.
Word of this release date follows years of delays and missed release windows, cementing the album with an almost mythical status among the Slipknot fan community. The record originally came about during the studio sessions for Slipknot‘s 2008 album “All Hope Is Gone“, and has been described by members of the band as having a ‘Radiohead vibe’ in the past.
Four members of Slipknot branched off from the “All Hope Is Gone” sessions to create this outing, with vocalist Corey Taylor, guitarist Jim Root, percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan and turntablist Sid Wilson taking part.
Speaking collectively of the project, the aforementioned bandmates stated:
“We knew we were heading down a different creative path, entirely apart from Slipknot, and we followed it eagerly. We called the project Look Outside Your Window as a tribute to this experimental spirit.
Created during a chaotic time in our shared history, the songs were born late at night, in a house on a farm in the middle of nowhere. Peering out through a big picture window, we wondered about what, or who, might be lurking outside. That sense of the unknown seeped into the music itself. There were no rules; ideas could come from anywhere: subtle drum loops, bits of organ or abstract guitar noise, even samples of frogs or crickets. Guided by emotion and instinct, we let the sounds themselves point the way.”
Per a newly announced product listing for this record:
“‘Look Outside Your Window‘ is Corey Taylor, Jim Root, Sid Wilson, and Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan, who in the downtime during recording sessions for Slipknot‘s 2008 album All Hope Is Gone, began to freely create songs for themselves, exploring new directions with no outside expectations. Over the years, the existence of this project has seen coverage in outlets including Vice, Revolver, NME, Kerrang!, and countless others, and the fans have only grown louder in their demand to hear this album.
now over 15 years later, the fans will finally get to experience it for themselves. Splatter vinyl with a die-cut jacket, purple foil on the front of the jacket, purple flood inside the jacket, and embossed text on the back of the jacket.”
“Look Outside Your Window” track listing:
01 – “11th March“
02 – “Moth“
03 – “Dirge“
04 – “Christina“
05 – “Is Real“
06 – “Away“
07 – “In Reverse“
08 – “Toad“
09 – “Juliette“
10 – “U Can’t Stop This“
