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Linkous had written a number of songs he wasn't comfortable singing, so Danger Mouse suggested getting someone else to do the vocals.
NPR: First Listen: Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse Team Up With David Lynch For 'Dark Night Of The Soul'
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Still, Linkous' friend and collaborator Wayne Coyne, of the band The Flaming Lips, says that didn't stop him from recording and performing.
NPR: Sparklehorse Singer Mark Linkous Remembered
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While Linkous seemed happiest working on studio projects like this one, he told Fresh Air that he also enjoyed performing before an audience.
NPR: Sparklehorse Singer Mark Linkous Remembered
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Linkous was in the process of moving his studio to Knoxville, and had almost finished work on a new Sparklehorse album due later this year.
NPR: Sparklehorse Singer Mark Linkous Remembered
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Coyne and Linkous worked together on last year's Dark Night of the Soul, a music-photography project involving Sparklehorse, Danger Mouse, filmmaker David Lynch and others.
NPR: Sparklehorse Singer Mark Linkous Remembered
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The producer and multi-instrumentalist Danger Mouse and Mark Linkous (also known as Sparklehorse) are two of the most inspired and imaginative artists making music today.
NPR: 'Dark Night Of The Soul' Finds The Light Of Day
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The project had been held up for legal matters, but just days before Linkous' death, it was announced that the record was finally going to see official release this summer.
NPR: Sparklehorse Singer Mark Linkous Remembered
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"When they really appreciate the slow songs, " Linkous said.
NPR: Sparklehorse Singer Mark Linkous Remembered
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Ariana Murray's delicate clockwork waltz "The Thread" provides touching sentimentality, as does "Everytime I'm With You, " a song Lytle originally wrote with the late Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse for the Dark Night of the Soul project.
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Dark Night of the Soul is about as strange and gloomy as you might expect from David Lynch or Mark Linkous, who tragically took his own life earlier this year. (One of the guest vocalists on the album, Vic Chesnutt, also committed suicide last December.) But Dark Night has its uplifting moments, too, with catchy pop and rock hooks and rhythms.
NPR: First Listen: Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse Team Up With David Lynch For 'Dark Night Of The Soul'