I find this short of a review of Dead Man’s Bones:

“Based on the mysteriously intriguing cover, the complete lack of credits and the bizarre and murky sounds within, it is nearly impossible to discern that Dead Man’s Bones is the work of Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling — but it is. The cover photo depicts a group shot of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music Childrens’ Choir in Halloween costumes, with Gosling and his best friend Zach Shields obscurely placed on either side.

The self-titled release is a loose concept album and theatre project based on supernatural themes. With the lo-fi production, the eerie childrens’ choir and song titles like “Werewolf Heart” and “Flowers Grow Out of My Grave,” Dead Man’s Bones manages to consistently bind the entire strange project together. Gosling and Shield’s muddled voices maintain a spooky atmosphere in the many slower numbers. However, brilliant upbeat flashes like “My Body’s A Zombie For You” come out of nowhere and feature the childrens’ choir sounding like the Arcade Fire singing doo-wop on Halloween night. The spotlight tends to focus on the aforementioned choir, with Gosling and Shields sitting back and directing the whole project. It shouldn’t work — but it does and is executed wonderfully.

This album should be sought out and heard simply because there is nothing out there today that sounds remotely like it.”

Source: Richard Lam for The Gaulet

We have been severely influenced by the works of Jan Michael Vincent and early Jean Paul Sartre and I guess this our way of saying “thank-you” to all those who stood for something real and several things unreal. For all the Lou Diamond Phillips of the world who can step out in faith and say “please show my date the way out, quick”! This is for you.

The official tracklist is out for Ryan’s upcoming debut album “Dead Man’s Bones”. His album will be released October 6th. Check out the tracklist bellow:

1. Intro
2. Dead Hearts
3. Name in Stone
4. Buried in Water
5. My Bodies a Zombie for You
6. Pa Pa Power
7. In the Room Where You Sleep
8. Young and Tragic
9. Paper Ships
10. Lose Your Soul
11. Werewolf Heart
12. Dead Man’s Bones
13. Flowers Grow Out of My Grave

The first review of “Dead Man’s Bones” is out and it’s good! “One might expect an actor’s foray into music to be littered with mistakes and miscues, but Gosling is able to craft a masterful album with the great help of [Zach] Shields and the Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir. The unique album will find company in similar side-projects like She & Him rather than The Bacon Brothers.” You can read the full review here.