"Carrier" is Walker's first new music since his 2021 album , which sees the artist combine folk and art rock in his sixth full-length release. The new track introduces a new sound for Walker, inspired by influential computer musicians who floated around the noise underground scene throughout his early career.

Speaking about the single, Walker says: “‘Carrier’ is a simple tune. Just digital distortion in PPOOLL/Max/MSP and a pitched-down loop of a failed guitar demo from my phone. Ditched years earlier. Totally broken, but refried and refurbished. I chipped away at it in my apartment downtown NYC after closing shifts at my service-industry gig. Clock-out jams. Great period of exhaustion. Despite how brutal it sounds, it truly felt like the easier, softer way of making a tune."

"I was thinking of people in my hometown of Rockford, Illinois," Walker continues. "Wearing SpongeBob pyjama pants to a funeral-type heads. I imagined them screaming behind the wheel of a salvage-title Honda Civic with a lift kit. They inspire me every day. I thought of Loren Connors. Thought of Kevin Drumm. Thought of Caspar Brötzmann. Smoked cigs inside.”