CARNAGE

Rock · 2021 · 8 tracks · 39m

CARNAGE

A lockdown-born collaboration defined by menacing synthesizers, orchestral drifts, and a narrator oscillating between apocalyptic dread and tender domesticity.

It's Nick Cave and Warren Ellis making beautiful, scary noises in a room together until the sun comes up.

A high-tension wire stretched between apocalyptic anxiety and the quiet beauty of domestic survival.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks · 39m

01

Hand of God

5:16

02

Old Time

5:16

03

Carnage

4:47

04

White Elephant

6:05

05

Albuquerque

3:56

06

Lavender Fields

4:33

07

Shattered Ground

5:34

08

Balcony Man

4:30

Moments Worth Waiting For

The sudden, aggressive shift into a gospel-inflected protest chant halfway through White Elephant

The frantic, heartbeat-like synth pulse that drives Hand of God into a state of spiritual panic

The fragile, high-register violin melody that drifts through the skeletal arrangement of Albuquerque

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