Reclus.É, the new band from Daniel P Carter and Tummyache’s Soren Bryce, have revealed the details of their debut album.

The duo will release ‘The World Can’t Take Much More’ on November 13 via Rise Records.

Dan had this to say about what the record represents:

“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. 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, it’s a comment on life in current climes, at a time when the world can’t take much more…”

The artwork looks like this:

Whilst the tracklisting is more like this:

1. A Muted TV
2. Stain
3. Golden Radio
4. Isolationist
5. Headstart Season
6. With Fire
7. All Bark No Bite
8. Belly Of The Whale
9. Cold Candles
10. Honey From Lions
11. Dogs
12. Waste Not Want Not
13. Swarm

Opening track ‘A Muted TV’ is already out in the world, and it has been joined by ‘Belly Of The Whale’, a cortorting, haunting, angular piece of alternative flair and drama. Beautifully building and brimming with plenty of indie rock spikiness, it’s yet another stunning piece from the duo.

Soren had this to say about the themes of the track:

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 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.”