- The Residents: Doctor Dark
(2025, cd, UK, cherry red)
(2025, 2lp, UK, cherry red)
"Doctor Dark" is out !
And it's different. Quite different, actually, but that's why we like The Residents, right?
"Doctor Dark" is presented in three acts and tells the story of Anastasia Zatemnyat (Dark), Maggot and Mark.
A mirror of our dissonant society.
Brilliant.
So what's this new album all about? We asked Homer Flynn of The Cryptic Corporation, principle handler of The Residents since before anybody can remember, who told us the following.....
"After consuming too much pot, alcohol and heavy metal music, two teenagers in Reno, Nevada, committed suicide in 1985. Several years later their parents, taking no responsibility, sued Judas Priest and Warner Bros, claiming their children were corrupted by backwards messages hidden in the band's music. David Van Taylor, a filmmaker, flew to Reno to document the trial, only to discover that one of the teenagers had actually survived the shotgun blast that blew off half his face. Van Taylor’s film, 'Dream Deceivers', was later seen by one of THE RESIDENTS, who, obsessed by the indelible images, attempted to convince the group to create an album based on the haunting incident. But somehow the grotesque episode alone didn’t seem like enough.
Check out the interview on Psychedelic Baby Mag :
https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2025/02/the-residents-interview-new-album-doctor-dark.html
And Psychofon Records (https://www.psychofonrecords.com/) will be releasing a special edition !
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