Vampires continue to make women across the world swoon, and their appeal is only heightened by the soundtrack that accompanies such skill. Sometimes that music is a mix of talent, preparation and pure luck; Brooklyn-based Hurricane Bells didn’t even know he’d hit the big time until after it happened.
Hurricane Bells, the solo side project of Steve Schiltz, was something of a secret for the musician. Most of the songs Schiltz wrote were for his band, Longwave, and the ones that didn’t quite fit stylistically were cast off to the side. Schiltz eventually began recording the discarded tunes, telling EW.com “I made a record myself without telling anyone.”
But someone out there was listening, and it happened to be the folks behind the ever-popular Twilight. “Monster” was selected for placement in the second movie of the series, New Moon, out November 20. It’s a scratchy, groove-driven track that cautions looking before you leap; there’s evil in the shadows, after all. But it’s a pop song at heart, and an uplifting one, too.
Earlier this month Schiltz digitally released the full-length Hurricane Bells album, Tonight is the Ghost, via Vagrant, with hard copies coming early next year. In the meantime you can catch him at the Living Room on December 2–and maybe, if the movie does as well as it’s predicted to–everywhere else, too.
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