Jul 9, 2009, 12:00 GMT
Ryan Gosling is swapping acting for music and will release his debut album on October 6.
US actor Ryan Gosling. The album features a children's choir called the Silverlake Conservatory Children's Choir, which is comprised of kids aged five to 17. EPA/NINA PROMMER
The 'Notebook' actor's band Dead Man's Bones - which he is in with friend Zach Shields - have spent two years working on the record, which is to be released on Anti Records.
The album features a children's choir called the Silverlake Conservatory Children's Choir, which is comprised of kids aged five to 17.
Ryan has previously said of the project: "You know when you're a kid and you get crayons and papers and just draw whatever you want and it's just a bunch of messy lines, but to you it makes sense, and then they put it on the fridge?
"From that point on, you're always trying to get back on the fridge, you start drawing things that look like something, like, the more it looks like a horse, the more chance you have of getting it on the fridge. We wanted to get back to that place before we were trying to make the fridge. We wanted to work with people who hadn't been affected in that way yet."
Ryan, 28, plays several instruments in the group, including piano and guitar.
A preview of the music is available on the band's MySpace page.
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