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Consisting of veteran musicians and respected cultural voices in Soren Bryce of Tummyache and Daniel P Carter, Reclus.É have announced their debut full length album, The World Can’t Take Much More.
Set for release on November 13th via Rise Records, the confirmation of the album follows the band's initial acclaim as the booming single "A Muted TV" solidified the unit as an emerging force in current landscape of rock.
Working alongside Peter Miles, Bryce and Carter co-produced the effort in what is shaping up to be one of the most promising releases on the year. Carter spoke of the collaborative quality baked into the release.
This album is the sound of two people becoming friends through the collaborative, creative process of making a record. It's a body of work that represents both Soren and Daniel, but also a third thing that is simply Reclus.É. Writing and recording the album was a process of learning what each other is about, honouring each other's creativity, becoming friends, and celebrating the moments when ideas and opinions aligned."
Carter finished by punctuating how the album is a direct response to such uncertain times. "It's a document of each letting go of the reins to allow them to find something neither would have made alone. Made in an era of great social turmoil, its' a comment on life in current climes, at a time when the world can’t take much more…"
Rolling out the album, Reclus.É has shared another gripping single with the reveal of "Belly of the Whale". Driven by a compelling performance from Soren Bryce, the track is insightful and musically intentional.
Bryce shared of the single, "Belly of the Whale was heavily inspired by my relationship to religion. The first verse is about the community I found in my life wanting to ‘save me’ when I was younger, with the line about wearing the wire implying my role as ‘the informant’, the connection to the outer world, the person feeding back the modern life I was encountering outside of my schooling, and it being met with resistance."
The vocalist continued, " The second verse is referring to myself as Jonah, an isolated existence that instead traps me within this Bible story to avoid the conflict and backlash of questioning beliefs. The bridge is very much my anger toward this so-called ‘Christian’ community, seeing the hypocrisy and especially American fundamental Christianity having nothing to do with what ‘Jesus’ was actually like. Overall, the song is to encourage the ability to question things that don’t sit right within your values and morality, and that to believe in something requires a thorough investigation of what it is you are supporting."
The World Can’t Take Much More, the debut full length album from Reclus.É arrives November 13th via Rise Records. Order the album - HERE
