Out Of Our Minds (OOOM)

The new album from Melissa Auf der Maur (MAdM) doesn't get a physical release here in the UK until next month, but you can now purchase (and stream) the album as exclusive packages at the xmadmx website.

The album has been in the making for over three years and is part of a multimedia project, consisting of the album, a comic and a film.  The full OOOM and half OOOM packages at xmadmx consist of all three of these, but are a bit on the expensive side.

I originally wrote about the album back in 2008 here, at that time though I wasn't aware of the most exciting aspect of this project.  The album features a duet with Danzig (who has recently announced his first album in six years is coming out this June) on 'Father's Grave'.  This is the first time in his career that he has ever collaborated with anyone on a duet.  And boy was it worth the wait, check out that track, as well as the entire album below:

MAdM

Melissa Auf der Maur released her debut solo album four years ago after working with Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins. Since then not much has been heard from her.

In an interview in 2007 she mentioned that she had finished her second album, which would go hand in hand with a graphic novel and a concept film. The album would be released under the name MAdM, whereas the comic and film would go by Out of Our Minds (OOOM for short). Other than a website with teasers being set up in 2007, not much has happened with these projects, until recently.

A MySpaz page sprung up for MAdM in September and a live date has been announced for November 1st in Montreal. No other details have been anounced as yet.

The trailer for Out of Our Minds looks pretty cool: