After more than 15 years of rumors, delays, and near-misses, the long-lost Slipknot<\/strong> offshoot album Look Outside Your Window<\/em> finally has an official release date.<\/p>\n The record will not be released under the Slipknot<\/strong> name, instead arriving as a self-titled project, and will be available exclusively on vinyl for Record Store Day, April 18 via LOYW. For Slipknot<\/strong> fans, the announcement cements an album that has long carried near-mythical status within the band’s lore. No word on if that means it’ll be out digitally and all that as well, but we’ll see.<\/p>\n Look Outside Your Window<\/em> was originally recorded during sessions for Slipknot<\/strong>‘s 2008 album All Hope Is Gone<\/em>. At the time, Corey Taylor<\/strong>, Jim Root<\/strong>, M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan<\/strong>, and Sid Wilson<\/strong> branched off from the main band to explore a radically different creative direction \u2014 one that members have previously described as having a “Radiohead<\/strong> vibe.”<\/p>\n Speaking collectively about the project, the four musicians explained the mindset behind the album: “We knew we were heading down a different creative path, entirely apart from Slipknot<\/strong>, and we followed it eagerly. We called the project Look Outside Your Window<\/em> as a tribute to this experimental spirit.<\/p>\n Created during a chaotic time in our shared history, the songs were born late at night, in a house on a farm in the middle of nowhere. Peering out through a big picture window, we wondered about what, or who, might be lurking outside. That sense of the unknown seeped into the music itself.<\/p>\n There were no rules; ideas could come from anywhere: subtle drum loops, bits of organ or abstract guitar noise, even samples of frogs or crickets. Guided by emotion and instinct, we let the sounds themselves point the way.”<\/p>\n According to a newly announced product listing, the album captures a moment of pure creative freedom, removed from expectations tied to the Slipknot<\/strong> brand: “Look Outside Your Window<\/em> is Corey Taylor<\/strong>, Jim Root<\/strong>, Sid Wilson<\/strong>, and Shawn “Clown’ Crahan<\/strong>, who in the downtime during recording sessions for Slipknot<\/strong>‘s 2008 album All Hope Is Gone<\/em>, began to freely create songs for themselves, exploring new directions with no outside expectations.”<\/p>\n That demand will finally be met more than a decade later. The Record Store Day pressing will feature splatter vinyl, a die-cut jacket, purple foil detailing on the front, purple flood inside the jacket, and embossed text on the back.<\/p>\n The full track listing reads:<\/p>\n For a project once thought destined to remain locked in the vaults, Look Outside Your Window<\/em> now stands as one of the most intriguing and anticipated releases in the extended Slipknot<\/strong> universe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Enter your information below to get a daily update with all of our headlines and receive The Orchard Metal newsletter.<\/p>\n\n