Famed filmmaker David Lynch will return with new album The Big Dream on July 16 via Sacred Bones. He’s released a cut off the album called “Star Dream Girl.” It tells a story of a time when Lynch tried to see Jerry Lee Lewis play while in Boise, Idaho, but Lewis never showed up. Here’s the full quote:
After I moved away from Boise, Idaho, I came back in the summer of ’61. Around that time, Jerry Lee Lewis was supposed to play at this big club in the Sagebrush Desert — I think it was called the Miramar. Back then, these big events would catch people’s imaginations. They would take their motorcycles or hot rods to these remote places to see some star. So we all drove out to this place, but Jerry never showed up and people were really pissed off. ‘Star Dream Girl’ has that same kind of charisma. People can’t wait to see her and come from miles around…The lyrics came to me all at once, but there was no music yet. Then one night, Dean (Hurley) was playing guitar in the studio and I was egging him on when he caught a wave like the surfers out in Hawaii. He was in the tunnel man…and the lyrics married with that ride.
“Star Dream Girl” is a rocker with a hint of Americana/country. It’s very good. Listen below.
Here’s a track called “I’m Waiting Here” that Lynch did with Lykke Li that will serve as a bonus track on the album:
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