Max Richter - While The Flood Rages - National Album Day 2026

Release Date: 17th October / 27th November

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.

LP 1

 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

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