Though Collinson’s story was presented as a peculiar anecdote, similar screaming skull stories have been reported throughout Britain, perhaps as far back as the 16th century. In fact ...

whose patterns of temperatures across France just happened to create the image of a screaming skull. Naturally he tweeted it paired with Edvard Munch’s 1893 painting, “The Scream”.

The single, titled “Screaming Skull,” will also include “Love Potion” as its b-side, due October 9th via Sub Pop. Stream “Screaming Skull” below.

So what makes it so spooky? Well, the Hall is actually home to the skull of a Benedictine monk named Edward Ambrose Barlow, our Father Ambrose, who met a gruesome end in 1641 when he was hung ...