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BLARF, the musical project of Eric André, returns with Film Scores for Films That Don't Exist.
No one knew what to make of BLARF's debut, the plunderphonics album Cease and Desist, when it was released in 2019. Maybe the costume gave that impression, and of course Eric is best known as an actor and surreal, boundary-pushing comedian. The clown outfit went to landfill, and Eric began work on his magnum opus – the epic, sweeping album Film Scores for Films That Don’t Exist.
If Ennio Morricone conducted performances of his score for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly using a stick of dynamite instead of a baton, it might sound something like this record. Film Scores for Films That Don’t Exist is a work of outsider art by an OG provocateur, where the symphony meets the mosh pit – an album for people who love both Vangelis’ iconic Blade Runner score and pie-throwing shenanigans.
When Eric smashes a piano before setting it on fire, is he playing a prank or paying homage to burning piano players like avant-garde composer Annea Lockwood and free jazz musician Yōsuke Yamashita? After all, Eric attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music, where he specialized in upright bass. He enlisted full orchestras to record Film Scores for Films That Don't Exist in Los Angeles and Budapest, collaborating with co-writer and co-producer Prateek Rajagopal. He also likes to make strangers drink ranch.
Film Scores for Films That Don't Exist releases on Stones Throw on May 1st.
No one knew what to make of BLARF's debut, the plunderphonics album Cease and Desist, when it was released in 2019. Maybe the costume gave that impression, and of course Eric is best known as an actor and surreal, boundary-pushing comedian. The clown outfit went to landfill, and Eric began work on his magnum opus – the epic, sweeping album Film Scores for Films That Don’t Exist.
If Ennio Morricone conducted performances of his score for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly using a stick of dynamite instead of a baton, it might sound something like this record. Film Scores for Films That Don’t Exist is a work of outsider art by an OG provocateur, where the symphony meets the mosh pit – an album for people who love both Vangelis’ iconic Blade Runner score and pie-throwing shenanigans.
When Eric smashes a piano before setting it on fire, is he playing a prank or paying homage to burning piano players like avant-garde composer Annea Lockwood and free jazz musician Yōsuke Yamashita? After all, Eric attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music, where he specialized in upright bass. He enlisted full orchestras to record Film Scores for Films That Don't Exist in Los Angeles and Budapest, collaborating with co-writer and co-producer Prateek Rajagopal. He also likes to make strangers drink ranch.
Film Scores for Films That Don't Exist releases on Stones Throw on May 1st.