Carrousel has been working on a 4-part album series for over a decade. Part travelogue, part coming of age tale, each of the 4 albums is set within an American city that provides the landscape against which the drama plays. 

Part 1: Memphis, Endless begins the journey in Memphis, where a combination of bubble gum pop and blues/RnB chronicles the slow-dawning movement from childhood innocence to experience. 

Part 2: Nighttown shifts the drama to LA, using a seedy, soulless pop to convey the extent of that which has been lost. Gritty, grungy, dark and ambient, it is an exploration of the loss of one’s self, the space between light and shadow.

By Part 3: Magnificent Desolation, the shadow has swallowed the characters whole. Set in New York City, the record is a collage of jazz and hip-hop grooves, industrial drum machines, vocoders, shoegaze guitars, samples run through cassette tapes, opulent synths, strings and church organs – a gorgeous sounding nightmare, all in the service of exploring the chaos and beauty of one’s interior world.

Part 4: Memphis, Again is the most ambitious of the 4 records as it combines hallmark elements from and extensive sampling of the previous 3. Built from their bones, Memphis, Again gestures towards the possibility of homecoming, re-integration, if even 2nd innocence.

Carrousel is Sharon and Joel Piedt. They grew up in the South and now live and make music in Los Angeles. Memphis, Again will be released September 18, 2026.