Kathryn Mohr details intimate desert solitude on new album Carve

The follow-up to the Bay Area musician's 2022 debut, Carve explores themes of intimacy, memory and grief, framed by the isolating landscapes of the American Southwest.

The record was is shaped by Mohr's first return to the American Southwest since a childhood road trip at age five, and took form after a difficult tour that ended in the Joshua Tree. Mohr pointed her car into the desert and drove alone, crisscrossing the Mojave on dirt roads; months later, she returned to record the album, working alone with an acoustic guitar, a field recorder, and limited supplies. Carve was mixed by Richard Chowenhill, known for his work with Mohr's label mates Agriculture.

The first single, "Property" also drops today and is described by Mohr as "an amalgamation of dream images and visions I had throughout 2025." It was also inspired by an underground man made waterway she found that went on for miles under her city.

Carve artwork

Carve tracklist

“Bone Infection”
“Doorway”
“Angle of Repose”
“Commit”
“Property”
“I Do”
“Idiocy”
“Owner”
“Cells”
“Chromium 6”
“Trouble Me”
“Crow Eyes”