Slipknot members have been teasing an album from a group calling themselves Look Outside Your Window for quite a bit. That album, at least in limited form, is going to be dropping on Record Store Day. That means on Saturday, April 18, you could have new Look Outside Your Window music, which, to be clear and without yelling, is not a Slipknot record.
The trick is that Look Outside Your Window (which is, let's be honest, a terrible name for a band) is made up of Corey Taylor (vocalist for Slipknot), Sid Wilson (also a member of Slipknot), Jim Root (see Sid Wilson), and M. Shawn Crahan (yes, a member of Slipknot). That makes the new record something as close to Slipknot as one can get.
Moreover, the songs on the record, which will be limited in quantity and seemingly only for RSD, were created during 2008's All Hope Is Gone sessions. So, while Slipknot was making a fantastic album, some of the members of the nine-person band also made other songs that would make an album 18 years later.
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By the way, this isn't an attempt at being snarky. Whether the limited edition album is from Slipknot or Look Outside Your Window, the origin is the same, and that origin is greatness. Slipknot has long been one of the best bands working in metal, and whatever the record sounds like on April 18, we can assume excellence.
That is, if you can hear it. You'd first need to find a local record store that is selling the album and then get in line to grab it.
Hopefully, one day, all of Slipknot's multitude of fans can listen to the Look Outside Your Window album. No doubt, based on the reviews and fans' reactions, the record will be available to stream sooner or later.
Still, according to multiple outlets and interviews, the album won't sound like Slipknot as much as Pink Floyd and Radiohead. That implies the former members of Slipknot made a slower, slightly more astral work. Perhaps the tracks didn't fit on a traditional Slipknot record, and the band members, due to songwriting trademarks, simply made a different work.
As long as it is good, fans won't care, and the album could be a worthy listen. We might just not have a "People = Shit" involved.
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