The cover
shows the end-time vision with a sightless, dressed-up girl holding a
dark crow amidst a barren landscape, oblivious of the destruction
around her. Only a little glimpse of hope can be seen in the form of
an, albeit fading, rainbow.
The songs
on "Broken Rainbow" range from the lead single's topic of depression
and addiction ("Your Heroin") to the important role alleged villains
often play in fostering what is good ("Holy Judas"), and the depths of
human behavior ("Little Death", "The Day I Met You", "Alibis"). With
the creepy cover version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon
Rising", and "The Man Who Drew Cats", a biographical song about Louis
Wain, famous for his illustrations of anthropomorphic cats, no:carrier
again show a wide range of topics and musical influences, and merge it
with their signature Electro Noir style.
no:carrier 2016 (left to right):
Lauralee Brown, Scilla Siekmann, Liza Marie Sparks, Chris Wirsig,
Cynthia Wechselberger, Bobby Halvorson
After the 2015 release of "Ghosts Of The West Coast", an EP with four
unlikely cover versions, that delighted reviewers and fans alike,
"Broken Rainbow" is no:carrier's fourth full-length album. After
starting out in Germany in the mid-1990's, the band's main force Chris
Wirsig relocated to California in 2012, while singer Cynthia
Wechselberger stayed in Germany. Since then the two-piece band grew
into a bigger project, incorporating singers from San Francisco and Los
Angeles, where Chris now lives.
