David Lynch streams bluesy track 'Star Dream Girl'

Director-turned-musician, David Lynch has unveiled a new cut from his upcoming second album – a bluesy number called ‘Star Dream Girl’.

The new record, The Big Dream follows on from Lynch’s 2011 debut and first solo venture into the music world Crazy Clown Time. It’ll come out on 15 July (Europe) / 16 July (North America) and also features a Bob Dylan cover and Lykke Li bonus track.

Lynch said of this newly revealed cut:

“After I moved away from Boise, Idaho, I came back in the summer of ’61. Around that time, Jerry Lee Lewis was supposed to play at this big club in the Sagebrush Desert — I think it was called the Miramar. Back then, these big events would catch people’s imaginations. They would take their motorcycles or hot rods to these remote places to see some star. So we all drove out to this place, but Jerry never showed up and people were really pissed off. ‘Star Dream Girl’ has that same kind of charisma. People can’t wait to see her and come from miles around…The lyrics came to me all at once, but there was no music yet. Then one night, Dean (Hurley) was playing guitar in the studio and I was egging him on when he caught a wave like the surfers out in Hawaii. He was in the tunnel man…and the lyrics married with that ride.”

Listen to ‘Star Dream Girl’ beneath:

Lynch is also directing the music video for Nine Inch Nails’ new single ‘Came Back Haunted’.