David Lynch, the eccentric and brilliant director behind such seminal films as “Blue Velvet,” “Inland Empire,” and “Mulholland Dr” has embarked on a new project that has nothing to do with film.

“Fox Bat Strategy” is the name of Lynch’s new music album that he describes as ‘modern ’50s’ music,” in an interview with EW, Tuesday, saying, “I produced this music and wrote these lyrics, and these songs sat on the shelf since about 2006 until now.”

The official title “Fox Bat Strategy: A Tribute to Dave Jaurequi,” is in honor of the record’s late guitarist and vocalist, who died in 2006 at age 50.

The EW article goes on, “As you can hear on this track, “Shoot The Works,” Jaurequi intones Lynch’s love lyric like a rockabilly balladeer. When I suggested that Jaurequi sounds like Ricky Nelson on a midnight prowl, Lynch says, “Yeah! That’s right! I love that ’50s feel of innocence and pain mingling.”

Lynch says of the Fox Bat band that “these guys were the session-players for [1992's] Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me — they were in the ‘pink room’ and ‘blue Frank’ scenes in the film.”

“Dave Jariqui was not a singer,” explains Lynch. “He was a guitarist, a fantastic one, but I asked him to sing and speak these lyrics of mine, because I had a hunch that proved correct: he had great phrasing, and I love the grain of his voice….I think about him a lot, and wish we’d been able to record more than the seven songs that are on this album.”

Fox Bat Strategy will go on sale June 30.”