The score for Only Lovers Left Alive -- a collaboration between SQÜRL (Jim Jarmusch, Carter Logan and Shane Stoneback) and Dutch lutenist Jozef Van Wissem -- serves as a reflection of the distinct textures of Detroit and Tangier, bridging ancient and modern sounds, entangled and timeless.

Avant-Baroque lute weaves through twenty-first century guitar grit, heavy back beats, Moroccan percussion, synth bass, field recordings, and numerous sonic effects to create a cinematic tapestry.

Guest vocalist Madeline Follin (Cults) appears on SQÜRL’s syrup soaked re-interpretation of the Wanda Jackson hit “Funnel of Love." Zola Jesus's commanding vocal soars through Van Wissem’s "In Templum Dei." And Yasmine Hamdan’s intimate and evocative “Hal" was recorded on the set of the film and mixed by SQÜRL.

The film and soundtrack album were released worldwide in 2014, and quickly earned the group the Cannes Soundtrack Award from a consortium of film and music critics. In the years that have followed it has remained a favorite of critics and fans alike, who have continued to hunt down the limited vinyl copies in existence.

Film Synopsis:
Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangiers, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them?

Only Lovers Left Alive

Dead Man's Bones

Lose Your Soul

Dead Man's Bones - Lose Your Soul

Real Good Fiction

Say Kwah

Blight

Something in the Air

A retro-modern love letter to sunshine harmonies and kaleidoscopic pop. Golden Airwaves glides from beach-bright mornings to neon boardwalk midnights.

Crystal Tide Radio

Text:
[Verse]
I got my shoes on wrong but I don't care
The Seine is laughing
The Eiffel stares
Streetlights blink like they’re in a race
And I’m just a dot in this glowing space

[Chorus]
Take a walk in Paris
Lose the map
Let the city hold you in its lap
Every corner whispers
Every step sings
Paris is a bird with golden wings

(solo)

[Verse 2]
The cobblestones hum under my feet
A café spills secrets into the street
Chandeliers in windows
Dreams on display
Who needs the night when it feels like day

[Prechorus]
Chasing the stars that hang so low
Where they lead
I don’t need to know

[Chorus]
Take a walk in Paris
Lose the map
Let the city hold you in its lap
Every corner whispers
Every step sings
Paris is a bird with golden wings

(solo)

[Bridge]
A painter’s brush spills into the sky
The moon leans down just to say hi
I don’t need words
I don’t need time
Paris hums
And I’m in the rhyme

Walk in Paris

This Ship is Going Under

Latest audio version of Better Times by Arthur Carl

Better Times

As featured on A&E's psycho-thriller 'YOU'.

Venus In Furs - Velvet Underground

Microphones in the Mattress 2020

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