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Carrier
Rock · 2013 · 11 tracks · 41m

Carrier

The Dodos

Intricate electric guitar patterns and syncopated drumming meet a heavy, autumnal sense of loss. A patient, rhythmically complex meditation on grief and memory.

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It's like a math-rock band stopped to mourn and found a beautiful, ringing clarity in the process.

A disciplined, rhythmic meditation on loss that feels like watching a storm clear from a distance.

Carrier · vs · The Dodos
Grief+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into grief than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 41m
01
Transformer
4:48
02
Substance
3:36
03
Confidence
4:49
04
Stranger
4:00
05
Relief
3:39
06
Holidays
1:27
07
Family
3:26
08
The Current
3:57
09
Destroyer
3:28
10
Death
3:20
11
The Ocean
4:34
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the intricate, interlocking guitar loops into the soaring, melodic release of the chorus on Transformer.
The sudden, skeletal intimacy of the brief instrumental interlude Holidays that resets the album's emotional gravity.
The way the percussion on The Ocean mimics the relentless, crashing pull of the tide against a fragile vocal melody.
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