We Are Scientists’ KEITH CARNE Steps Into the Foreground with Debut Solo Album ‘Magenta Light’

Written and recorded in his Midtown Manhattan studio – often bathed in the glow of literal magenta light – the album is threaded together by themes of connection and dislocation, the unseen forces that shape our lives, and the fleeting moments that anchor us in place. Drawing inspiration from the explosive spirituality of Pharoah Sanders and the immediacy of modern dance music, Carne creates a sonic landscape that feels at once deeply personal and infinitely vast.

Magenta Light was first introduced with lead single “Look For The Moon,” a tender, skybound love song written for Carne’s wife, capturing the emotional distance and quiet rituals of connection forged while touring. Built on glistening synth textures and grounded vulnerability, the single offered a luminous entry point into Carne’s solo world. Follow-up single “37 Hours” expanded that vision outward, channeling a state of blissful lucidity into a guitar-driven indie-pop anthem. Inspired by the strange clarity of prolonged wakefulness, the track meditates on the intangible forces that shape our daily lives – the overlooked details, the spiritual currents, and the unseen connections that bind everything together. Together, these songs form the emotional and philosophical backbone of Magenta Light, an album that resists easy categorization while inviting listeners to sit with its contradictions. It’s a record about movement and stillness, searching and surrender, the known and the unknowable.

To celebrate the release, Carne will bring Magenta Light to life with a special album release show on May 2 at NYC’s Union Pool (484 Union Ave, at Meeker Ave. New York, NY 11211).

Magenta Light is out now on all streaming platforms.