Thurston Moore has shared his captivatingly tragic new single ‘The Diver’ from his upcoming album.
The latest single features lyrics by Radieux Radio, which describes the life of a diver who eventually succumbs to the wildlife. The likes of bass player Deb Googe (My Bloody Valentine) and percussionist Jem Doulton (Roisin Murphy) play on the song.
‘The Diver’ opens with a dreamy guitar and bass riff while Moore sings: “They found your watercolours and your fuel not spent”. Speaking about the song in a statement, Moore shared: “‘The Diver’ ends the album with the actual story of a diver lost underwater in Lake Geneva while these songs were being written.
“The diver was exploring the deep, researching a world at mercy to human disruption, only to be found days later, his life having succumbed to the wild. The song concludes the album, a repetitive piano figure like a call, a ringing, an alarm of melody.”
The song follows the previously released ‘Isadora’, ‘Hypnogram’, ‘Rewilding’, and ‘Sans Limites’ which featured Stereolab’s Lætitia Sadier. All of the singles will be featured on the Sonic Youth co-founder’s album ‘Flow Critical Lucidity‘ which is set for release on September 20 via Daydream Library Series. You can pre-order / pre-save it here.
Thurston Moore ‘Flow Critical Lucidity’ tracklist is:
1. ‘New in Town’
2. ‘Sans Limites’
3. ‘Shadow’
4. ‘Hypnogram’
5. ‘We Get High’
6. ‘Rewilding’
7. ‘The Diver’
‘Isadora (Bedazzled Mix)’ – (Bonus track included on a clear flexi disc)
‘Flow Critical Lucidity’ also marks Moore’s first album since he released his Sonic Life memoir. He was forced to cancel book tour dates due to “a longstanding health condition.” In October last year, he revealed that he had been struggling with atrial fibrillation for several years but is doing better now.
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