Temptation to Exist

by Andrew W.K.

Temptation to Exist cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 August 2026
  • Label: The Louise Harland Corporation
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 11 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Ending a five-year hiatus, the renowned party-rock icon delivers a completely unexpected left turn into the realm of instrumental jazz-noir. Trading his signature hard rock maximalism for a sprawling, cinematic landscape of piano, brass, woodwinds, and cello, the self-produced project constructs a deeply mysterious, late-night atmosphere. The record explores existential territory from an entirely new direction, pairing lush modern classical compositions with cryptic, ominous crime jazz sensibilities.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, atmospheric, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Michael's Theme (3:26)
  2. Nightmares (4:08)
  3. Edge of Interior (4:10)
  4. Between Veils (4:01)
  5. No Clue (4:41)
  6. Manhattan Beach (3:08)
  7. North Hollywood (3:54)
  8. Double Boulevard (3:58)
  9. For Steven (5:12)
  10. Insomnia (4:23)

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