After years of rumors and fan demand, Slipknot are finally releasing Look Outside Your Window, a collection of previously unreleased songs recorded during the All Hope Is Gone era. The set was made by four members, Corey Taylor, Jim Root, Sid Wilson, and Shawn “Clown” Crahan, and it is now set for a vinyl release on Record Store Day (04/18). Find more details here.
The music was first discussed publicly in 2018, when Shawn “Clown” Crahan said those sessions happened at a separate studio during a stalled moment in recording All Hope Is Gone. The material reportedly leaned more psychedelic than what fans expected from Slipknot at the time.
In the newly shared statement, the band explained exactly how the project came together: “We knew we were heading down a different creative path, entirely apart from Slipknot, and we followed it eagerly. We called the project Look Outside Your Window as a tribute to this experimental spirit.”
“Created during a chaotic time in our shared history, the songs were born late at night, in a house on a farm in the middle of nowhere. Peering out through a big picture window, we wondered about what, or who, might be lurking outside. That sense of the unknown seeped into the music itself. There were no rules; ideas could come from anywhere: subtle drum loops, bits of organ or abstract guitar noise, even samples of frogs or crickets. Guided by emotion and instinct, we let the sounds themselves point the way,” he added.
Look Outside Your Window is Corey Taylor, Jim Root, Sid Wilson and Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan, who, in the downtime during recording sessions for Slipknot‘s 2008 album All Hope Is Gone, began to freely create songs for themselves, exploring new directions with no outside expectations.
“Over the years, the existence of this project has seen coverage in outlets including Vice, Revolver, NME, Kerrang!, and countless others, and the fans have only grown louder in their demand to hear this album. Now, over 15 years later, the fans will finally get to experience it for themselves. Splatter vinyl with a die-cut jacket, purple foil on the front of the jacket, purple flood inside the jacket, and embossed text on the back of the jacket.” – the release page reads.
For longtime listeners, this is one of the most talked-about side chapters in the Slipknot timeline, finally getting an official release.
