U2 have released their new album Carnaval de Luz, and with it their duet with the late Dolly Parton. The LPâs closing track, âTornâ is supposedly the last song Parton recorded before her death in August.
It was co-written with Snow Patrolâs Johnny McDaid, and features steadfast U2 collaborator Daniel Lanois on pedal steel. âTorn apart these loving hearts that beat and break the same,â Parton and Bono sing atop a gentle synth pulse and spare, echoing drums. âWe share a house divided and the blood that fills our veins.â Listen below.
Carnaval de Luz marks U2âs first studio album since 2017âs Songs of Experience. It was preceded this year by two surprise EPsâDays of Ash and Easter Lily. âTornâ may be Dolly Partonâs final song, but it wonât be the last Dolly Parton song we ever hear.
There apparently exists an unheard recording, titled âMy Place in History,â sealed away in a vault at Dollywood, to be unsealed on Partonâs 100th birthday in 2046. Read Sam Sodomskyâs new review of Carnaval de Luz.
