Episodes from Season 6 of True Blood may not be here yet… but the music is! The show returns will all-new episodes on June 16 and to tide you over until then HBO has released an all-new True Blood soundtrack. True Blood: Music From the HBO Original Series Volume 4 was released last week and it’s packed full of good ol’ southern music, including music from the upcoming season.
Official description:
The fourth soundtrack to the popular HBO TV series. This installment includes songs from the show’s 5th and 6th seasons and features songs from Eric Burdon & Jenny Lewis, Iggy Pop & Bethany Cosentino, The Heavy, Howlin’ Wolf, The Alabama Shakes, My Morning Jacket, Los Lobos, The Flaming Lips and many others.
Track listing for Volume 4:
1. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Eric Burdon with Jenny Lewis
2. Let’s Boot and Rally – Iggy Pop with Bethany Cosentino
3. What Makes A Good Man? – The Heavy
4. Smokestack Lightnin – Howlin Wolf
5. Pocket Change – Alabama Shakes
6. Authority Song – Bosco Delrey
7. Turn Turn Turn – My Morning Jacket
8. Your Face Can Tell The Future – The Flaming Lips
9. The Sun – The Naked and Famous
10. Undertow – Warpaint
11. I Wanna Be Your Man – Mobley
12. {She s A) Wanderer – Deap Vally
13. Whatever I Am, You Made Me – Koko Taylor
14. We’ll Meet Again – Los Lobos
As a blues fan, I was happy to see Howlin’ Wolf on the soundtrack. True Blood gets points for that one.
You can listen to a sample of the soundtrack over here.
What do you think of the latest soundtrack? Do you think any of the songs hint at what’s to come this season? If they do, then we’re in for an interesting season. Let us know in a comment below what you think.
– Moonlight
