Slipknot Side Project Look Outside Your Window Finally Gets April Release Date

After more than a decade of speculation, delays, and near-mythical status among fans, the long-shelved Slipknot side project Look Outside Your Window has officially been given a release date.

The album, titled ‘Look Outside Your Window’, will arrive on vinyl for Record Store Day on April 18, releasing via LOYW. Notably, the record will not be issued under the Slipknot name, instead emerging as an eponymous project separate from the band’s main discography.

The announcement brings closure to years of uncertainty surrounding the album, which was originally recorded during sessions for Slipknot’s 2008 release ‘All Hope Is Gone’. Over time, members of the band have described the material as a stark creative departure, frequently citing a more experimental approach and even referencing a “Radiohead-esque” sensibility.

The project saw Corey Taylor, Jim Root, M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan, and Sid Wilson splinter off from the All Hope Is Gone sessions to explore ideas that didn’t fit within Slipknot’s framework. Rather than forcing those concepts into the band’s established sound, the four musicians chose to follow a different creative instinct entirely.

Reflecting on the origins of the album, the group explained:

“We knew we were heading down a different creative path, entirely apart from Slipknot, and we followed it eagerly. We called the project Look Outside Your Window as a tribute to this experimental spirit.

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.

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.”

A newly revealed product listing further contextualizes the album’s long journey from rumor to reality, noting that the project has been discussed for years across major music outlets, while fan demand only intensified with time.

More than 15 years after its creation, listeners will finally be able to hear the record as it was intended. The physical release will feature splatter vinyl housed in a die-cut jacket, with purple foil detailing on the front, a purple flood interior, and embossed text on the back.

‘Look Outside Your Window’ Track Listing

01 – “11th March”
02 – “Moth”
03 – “Dirge”
04 – “Christina”
05 – “Is Real”
06 – “Away”
07 – “In Reverse”
08 – “Toad”
09 – “Juliette”
10 – “U Can’t Stop This”

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