Melissa Auf der Maur Releasing Free 'Out of Our Minds' Single

It's been five years in the making, but, this week, Melissa Auf der Maur debuts the title track from her upcoming album, 'Out of Our Minds.' The song will be available Tuesday, Jan. 12 as a free download with an accompanying music video at Auf der Maur's website.

"This is a big first clue into the fantasy world of the project," Auf der Maur tells Spinner. "When that song was written early in the creative chapters of this, that was when I got the rush of inspiration and realized how far I could go with that theme."

How far the former Hole bass player has gone is to create an expansive multimedia project that includes the album, live performance, a comic book and a 28-minute film starring and conceived by Auf der Maur and directed by Tony Stone ('Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America'). The film debuted at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and screened at World Con's 67th Annual Sci-Fi Convention, and was added as an installation piece in a winter showcase of pre-Raphaelite painter J.W. Waterhouse's work at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The music video is a sort of a mini version of the film. "Conceptually and visually it has to do with the film," the 37-year-old Montreal native explains. "But it's not a trailer for the film. We actually reshot elements of the film. It's the perfect introduction -- it gives the whole impression of the project."

Auf der Maur is thrilled to finally get 'OOOM,' which is released Mar. 16, out into the world. "I'm so relieved. 2010, I couldn't wish for a better year to release it. Last year seemed to have been ..." she breaks off, incredulous, adding that the oughts was one weird decade. "We were flailing, but I think we've found a footing."