Eric André has announced a new Blarf album, Film Scores For Films That Don’t Exist, set for release on May 1 via Stones Throw Records. The project marks the return of André’s experimental music alias, which previously appeared on a self-titled EP in 2014 and the album Cease & Desist in 2019. Known primarily as a comedian, André also has a strong musical background as an upright bass player and Berklee graduate, and Blarf reflects a more chaotic, genre-blending side of his creativity.
The first single from the album, “What’s For Dinner,” is out now and showcases the record’s unusual style. It begins with sweeping orchestral arrangements before shifting midway into a sudden heavy metal explosion, underscoring the album’s dramatic collision of classical and abrasive sounds. A press release describes the project as outsider art from “an OG provocateur,” framing it as a fusion of symphony and mosh pit. The label also compared the music to what might happen if Ennio Morricone conducted The Good, The Bad And The Ugly with a stick of dynamite instead of a baton.
According to the announcement, André recorded the album with full orchestras in both Los Angeles and Budapest, adding to the scale and ambition of the project. In support of the release, André and an orchestra are scheduled to perform the album live in a one-night-only concert at Zipper Hall in Los Angeles on April 27. The announcement included André’s trademark offbeat humor, noting that his tuxedo “may or may not have the ass cut out.”
The tracklist for Film Scores For Films That Don’t Exist includes eight songs: “The Final Shootout,” “What’s For Dinner,” “Stars Without Light,” “Piano Concerto No. 0,” “Mercury Dripping Down My Spine,” “Run For Your Death,” “Dead Ballerina,” and “1869 Overture.” The album continues André’s pattern of combining absurdist ideas, film-score grandeur, and aggressive sonic shifts into a single project. With its orchestral scope, metal detours, and theatrical presentation, the new Blarf album looks set to extend André’s reputation for pushing comedic performance into increasingly surreal musical territory.
Film Scores For Films That Don’t Exist arrives May 1 on Stones Throw Records.
