Carve

Description

Carve is the second album by Bay Area artist Kathryn Mohr, written over five years and recorded in the Mojave Desert. It explores love as a form of mourning — not as a consequence of loss, but as an intrinsic component of intimacy. Mohr describes memory as existing outside the body, anchored in places and landscapes. The album is marked by her return to the American Southwest and the persistent emotional resonance of these spaces. It questions intimacy after isolation and the difficulty of building a life based on trust and presence. The project was born after a difficult tour, followed by solitary travels and recordings in the desert. Working alone in a confined space reflects the emotional distance and immobility that underpin the music. Some songs stem from several years spent processing childhood memories and emotional detachment. Rather than resolving tensions, Carve embraces mourning as inseparable from love and reflects an effort to remain present in the face of this duality.