Melissa Auf Der Maur

The former Hole bassist and songstress in her own right, Melissa auf der maur has just released a promo video for the title track of her second full length  album, Out Of Our Minds, due out May 4th, which is  the first release since her 2004 debut. The video sees Melissa journey deep into the woods after a car crash. The new release is described as a multimedia project with this music video being the first chapter of a larger story. The video can be seen at the official Auf Der Maur webpage, and for a period, signing up to receive updates via her mailing-list will give you access to an exclusive free download of the single.

OUT OF OUR MINDS MUSIC VIDEO from MAdM OOOM on Vimeo.

The site details the  Out Of Our Minds album as being accompanied by a comic book, film and web experience to list the project in its entirety.

Exploring the OOOM section of Melissa’s site gifts you with a wealth of content on the project which is still being developed including an additional trailer to the Movie component. The film, comic and music video all tie together similar imagery and sentiments which came out of the music during the composition of this album.

Filmmaker, Tony Stone, creator of the Viking Film “Severed Ways” embarked on a collaboration to tell the story of OOOM in Moving Pictures.  with a score provided byThe Entance Band

The Comic book is a bloody yet monochrome story with a xerox, homemade and hamdmade zine aesthetic to it created in association with illustrator “The Hebrew God”.  Snippets of this and his other works can be found here.

For further information on every aspect of this project and to hear samples of other tracks from the album visit the O.O.O.M section of Melissa Auf Der Maur’s Official site with specific information on the film available at OOOMFILM.