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‘True Blood – Music from the HBO Original Series‘ will be released on October 26th through Atlantic Records, featuring tracks from the first series of True Blood including the sultry theme tune Bad Things performed by Jace Everett.

The show which is in its second series in the US has only recently premiered in the UK, Channel 4 launched the first series on October 7th, and according the the Guardian is ‘destined to become ten times bigger than everything else on TV.’

Mixing romance, suspense, mystery, and humor, True Blood takes place in the not-too-distant future, when vampires have come out of the coffin, thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood that means they no longer need humans to get their fix.

Set in a backwoods Louisiana town, the show follows the romance between waitress Sookie Stackhouse ,played by Anna Paquin, who won an Oscar at the age of eleven for her role in The Piano and winner of a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Sookie, who can read minds, and 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton, played by British actor Stephen Moyer.

True Blood – Music from the HBO Original Series features songs performed by a wide-range of Louisiana natives, reflecting the series’ steamy backwoods setting of the American bible-belt where the liberal minded are thin on the ground.

The artists span Louisiana’s distinctive musical heritage, from three-time Grammy award winner Lucinda Williams, Slim Harpo, and Lee Dorsey to Allen Toussaint and the legendary Dr. John.  This eclectic soundtrack of country, rock and blues also includes Bleed 2 Feed, an exclusive new song written expressly for the series by Lafayette-based swamp rocker CC Adcock.

Full tracklisting for the album:

1.      Jace Everett – “Bad Things”

2.      CC Adcock – “Bleed 2 Feed”

3.      Lucinda Williams – “Lake Charles”

4.      Lee Dorsey – “Give It Up”

5.      Th’ Legendary Shack*Shakers – “Swampblood”

6.      Cobra Verde – “Play With Fire”

7.      The Watson Twins – “Just Like Heaven”

8.      The Flying Burrito Brothers – “Christine’s Tune (A.K.A. Devil In Disguise)”

9.      Ryan Adams – “Two”

10.  Slim Harpo – “Strange Love”

11.  Allen Toussaint – “From A Whisper To A Wind”

12.  Dr. John – “I Don’t Wanna Know”

13.  John Doe Featuring Kathleen Edwards – “The Golden State”

14.  Little Big Town – “Bones”