Max Richter - While The Flood Rages (National Album Day UK exclusive) [2LP COLOURED]

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: 6137464
Barcode: 0881061374640
Release Date: 17 Oct 2026
Genre: Classical

Oscar-nominated composer Max Richter's new album While The Flood Rages, drawn from Richter's latest collaboration with choreographer Wayne McGregor,MaddAddam, inspired by Margaret Atwood's trilogy. 
 
Across 15 tracks split into three acts, Richter blends orchestral writing, electronics, processed field recordings, choir and piano to create an immersive sonic journey. 
 
Themes of ecological collapse, technological acceleration and resilience run throughout, with recurring piano motifs providing moments of reflection amid dense, cinematic soundscapes.

SIDE A
01 Wave After Wave
02 Their Eerie Music
03 While The Flood Rages
04 The City Was A Chaos
05 Sensorium
06 Quiet
 
SIDE B
01 Tell The Bees
02 Data Ballistics
03 Oh Let Me Not Be Proud
04 A Sweet Air
 
SIDE C
01 Amniotic
02 Dawn
03 Background Radiation
04 My Body Is My Earthly Ark
05 Now We Can Sing
 
SIDE D
Etched