Stephanie Meyer's
Twilight series is unmistakably the most popular fad (hopefully) coming out of teenage female (or for that matter all female) culture these days. The books and movies are harrowingly stupid and vapid, which some how makes complete sense to why teenagers are obsessing over it. We all know this and we all know I'm not one to ever write about
Twilight, but the soundtrack for the upcoming sequel
New Moon is, well, good.
The film features original works ranging from
Grizzly Bear to
Thom Yorke to
Muse, confusing me and other music fans dearly. While it is exciting to hear new music from the likes of Yorke, only hearing through means of terribly constructing and culturally flattening films like
New Moon seems like the worst way. Still, for those who value the music for what it is and not what it is attached to, ignoring new work from these artists may be worse than actually seeing the film. Maybe.
The
Summit Entertainment produced
New Moon is set for release November 20 with the soundtrack scheduled for release next Tuesday, October 20. And if you're wondering if the music will catch on with the kids. Yes, it will. Sigh.
, are caught playing around the California (let's assume) coastline, grabbing In-N-Out Burgers, hangin' with the ladies and kicking the apparent shit out of somebody. Did I mention they're donning Colonial-era Europe garb? Yeah, probably.
