Cochlear Implant

Various Artists
New Moon (Original Soundtrack)
(Atlantic)
***1/2

Vampires and indie-rock kids have a lot in common: they both hate sunlight and they both hate hanging out with anyone who’s not part of their exclusive clique. But the star-studded soundtrack to the upcoming Twilight sequel New Moon promises to appeal to Pitchfork-reading hipsters as well as the teenage girls squealing over Robert Pattinson. I can’t imagine how they talked half of these acts into playing the teen-vampire prom: Death Cab for Cutie, Thom Yorke, Lykke Li, Bon Iver, St. Vincent, Grizzly Bear all join in this improbable monster mash. Indie fans will probably never admit to buying (or downloading) this soundtrack — but you can be sure they’ll be listening all the same ... and docking the bands a few cool points while they’re at it. The truth is, though, while New Moon the film is likely horrendous, the same definitely can’t be said for the soundtrack. Had these songs been released under some other umbrella — perhaps as the soundtrack to some new Sofia Coppola movie — it would be a massive success.

Watch as Thom stares at you..(probably a better video than the movie)