Track By Track: Danish duo Cancer on new album Totem

24 January 2017, 09:30

(When Saints Go Machine) (Cancer) (Chorus Grant)

Danish duo Cancer are readying their debut full-length record this week, and you can hear it here before Friday's release.

Nikolaj Manuel Vonsild (When Saints Go Machine) and Kristian Finne Kristensen (Chorus Grant) have been extremely quiet since they released the Ragazzi EP a couple of years ago.

But having released "Die One More Time" and "Esca", the stark live feel of the EP has been rounded out with some loose-limbed rhythms and doubling-down on trademark Cancer intensity. Totem is a magnificent record and well-worth the wait.

Below, you can stream the album in full alongside a track by track guide courtesy of Vonsild and Kristensen.

This Is Where It Hurts

The album's last song is divided into three parts. We refer to the center one as the chorus. The song is about human relation that comes to a close. It’s about life that goes on for both parties and the loss of a “connection” that one thought would last forever. We as human beings have a tendency to let a train of thought go too far, and perhaps we also dwell too much in memories. When you’re hurt these mental avenues can lead to a dark place that one must try to escape.

Totem is out Friday via Tambourhinoceros. Cancer play London's The Waiting Room on 30 January.