Mariner (album)

Mariner
Studio album (collaboration) by Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas
Released April 8, 2016 (2016-04-08)
Genre Post-metal
Length 54:34
Label Indie
Cult of Luna chronology
Råångest
(2015)		 Mariner
(2016)
Julie Christmas chronology
Coextinction Records 5
(2011)		 Mariner
(2016)

Mariner is a collaborative studio album between the Swedish band Cult of Luna and the American vocalist Julie Christmas, formerly of the bands Made Out of Babies and Battle of Mice. Serving as Cult of Luna's seventh studio album and the first time Christmas has appeared on the entirety of a full-length album since her 2010 solo debut The Bad Wife, Mariner will be released on April 8, 2016 through Indie Recordings.[1] Contrasting the industrial city themes of Cult of Luna's last studio efforts, Vertikal and Vertikal II both released in 2013, Mariner focuses its concept on space exploration. From the band's album announcement:

"At the end of Vertikal, we stood in the cold harshness of the mechanical city and looked up onto the stars. We lost ourselves in the awe of their grace and thought that 'maybe the answer is to be found above.' The ship was leaking and by to look of it, our home was dying. No room for fear when a greater call demands your full attention. So, we left... Onward, forward. Like the old seafarers, we explored the vastness of space. Not bound by physical laws we pass the speed of light and chase the expansion of space until we reach it's limit. And then, we continued on and disappeared. This is our story."[2]

Coinciding with the album's official announcement, Cult of Luna began promoting Mariner in February 2016 with an online stream of the opening track, "A Greater Call".[1]

Track listing

  1. "A Greater Call" – 8:19
  2. "Chevron" – 8:53
  3. "The Wreck of S.S. Needle" – 9:33
  4. "Approaching Transition" – 12:59
  5. "Cygnus" – 14:50

Vinyl bonus track

  1. "Beyond the Redshift"

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Bienstock, Richard (February 11, 2016). "Cult of Luna Premiere New Song, 'A Greater Call'". Revolver. NewBay Media. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ Rosenburg, Axl (February 1, 2016). "Mariner: Cult of Luna Announce New Album with Julie Christmas (Ex-Made Out of Babies)". MetalSucks. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
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