You’ve got a new album coming out. Tell us about it.

Yes—we have a new album called Healing Miserable coming out on October 31, and we’re incredibly proud of it. We’ve spent about a year making it across eleven separate recording sessions. It features twelve songs, a wide variety of instruments, and explores so many different musical directions.

To me, it feels more akin to musical theater than the pop and rock people may usually associate with us—but it’s also incredibly versatile. I genuinely think there’s something on it for everybody. We’re very, very proud of what we’ve created, and we can’t wait to finally put it out into the world.

Do you have any upcoming shows planned?

We haven’t booked anything yet. We’re at a stage in our lives where we don’t necessarily know where we’re going to be from one week to the next, so we’re allowing a little time to pass before committing to any dates. But we will absolutely be back onstage.

With this new album, the live presentation will probably have to expand considerably. Emily and I won’t be able to recreate it by ourselves if we want it to sound as layered, powerful, and full of different instruments and effects as we imagine it. We’ll likely need to bring in additional musicians and personnel.

We may do a small, intimate duo performance at the Petit Ermitage, but our next full shows will be much more theatrical, with far more people onstage than just the two of us. We still need to determine exactly how we’re going to accomplish that and then book everything, so realistically, you probably won’t see us onstage again until 2027—unless we somehow come up with a wild Christmas show.

What makes you tick now?

All sorts of obscure little things: old records discovered for two dollars in a 45 bin, lost newspaper articles unearthed in thrift shops, strange Halloween decorations from the 1970s, abandoned dolls dating back to the Second World War, and ’70s cooking recipes that read less like instructions for preparing food and more like elaborate ways of getting away with doing drugs.

It’s essentially the same collection of strange things that has always made us tick—only now the fascination has become deeper, more obsessive, and more intense.

What’s your favorite David Lynch movie, and why?

Emily gravitates more toward Mulholland Drive, while I gravitate toward Wild at Heart. But if you put the two of us together, the answer is most obviously Lost Highway.

It has this sense of dread, but also a strange feeling of acceptance—like driving deep into the void and surrendering to wherever it takes you. If you try to explain the story to somebody, it doesn’t really make much sense. But when you watch it and allow yourself to feel all of its bizarre, emotional, and disorienting moments, it achieves a rare kind of perfection. You understand it emotionally rather than logically.

So yes, together, we would have to say Lost Highway.

Any big plans for Halloween?

I don’t know what Emily has planned, but I need to return to Europe to renew my visa, take care of some medical things, and see my family. I’m just praying that, like the demon I am, I’ll make it back home to Los Angeles by All Hallows’ Eve.

I’m also supposed to play a show with Hollywood Apocalypse on Devil’s Night—October 30, the night before Halloween—so let’s hope I make it back in time.

Any last words?

We absolutely cannot wait to share this album with all of you—and with the world. We have poured so much love, joy, and sadness into it, and I think it truly reveals who we are, not only as people but as artists.

I’d also like to end by quoting something I said after the very first Death of a Nightingale show:

“I didn’t think so many people would understand—but they do.”