This is Pere Ubu's 18th album over a forty year career that has seen them break rules, confuse and continue to divide music critics globally. 'Carnival Of Souls' was conceived in the midst of a gruelling tour schedule that accompanied the release of 2013's 'Lady From Shanghai'. On the vinyl version, five one-minute 'Strychnine Interludes' are woven through the album. Built around shortwave interference, a deconstructed garage riff and secret Morse code transmissions, these interludes underline both the otherworldliness of the songs and the album's credentials as a song cycle.