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A decade in the making, this is a heavy, high-fidelity exploration of mortality. Industrial textures collide with gospel choirs and deep, soulful meditations.

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It's the sonic equivalent of a very expensive, very dark therapy session in a high-tech bunker.

A heavy, high-fidelity meditation on mortality that balances industrial grit with profound spiritual yearning.

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Death Mortality+4.0σ

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

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
Darkness
6:52
02
Growing Up
7:34
03
Sky Blue
6:38
04
No Way Out
7:54
05
I Grieve
7:25
06
The Barry Williams Show
7:16
07
My Head Sounds Like That
6:29
08
More Than This
6:02
09
Signal to Noise
7:36
10
The Drop
3:00
11
The Barry Williams Show (unadulterated radio edit)
4:44
12
My Head Sounds Like That (remix by Röyksopp)
8:22
13
Cloudless (radio edit)
4:08
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring transition in 'Darkness' where whisper-quiet verses are obliterated by distorted industrial noise.
The Blind Boys of Alabama rising like a spectral tide during the climax of 'Sky Blue'.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's posthumous vocal soaring over the orchestral swell of 'Signal to Noise'.
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