Kate Carr

Vertical London (New Year’s Day)

Release date July 17, 2026

Tracklist

1
Early birds and planes in Loughborough Junction
0:40
0:40
2
I am not sure which tube station is the furthest below sea level, but I am visiting quite a few
2:13
2:13
3
Under the Thames with cyclists, joggers and echoes in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel
3:18
3:18
4
Popping up at Island Gardens
2:45
2:45
5
The DLR is quite possibly the best sounding London train, electromagnetically speaking
2:02
2:02
6
Celebrating a squeaky transport barrier
2:33
2:33
7
Walking through Soho with tourists and delivery guys
4:16
4:16
8
Arriving in Bloomsbury: yes I heard my first 'Happy New Year'
2:44
2:44
9
An inaugural trip to Kilburn, which I have always wanted to visit because Doreen Massey lived here
2:53
2:53
10
Overground then all uphill to Hampstead, a whispered neighbourhood of private security signs
2:07
2:07
11
Daydream interlude (eating a not very nice lunch)
1:23
1:23
12
Dramatic build-up to when I dipped into the shopping centre to find a man playing piano outside Aldi
4:00
4:00
13
Why did I decide to go all the way across town to Crystal Palace park?
4:04
4:04
14
I should never have doubted coming to Crystal Palace, a wonderland of crows and dinosaurs
1:40
1:40
15
It was New Year's Day after all, and yes someone really was playing this at the overground station
2:59
2:59
16
I don't think you can hear but people largely discussed dogs all the way back to central London
2:37
2:37
17
A very long queue for the London Eye which is quite shit, and has awful commentary, although the view to be fair is beautiful
1:27
1:27
18
Dramatic drummers on the street as I ran due to being late for my Shard viewing platform booking
1:16
1:16
19
Taking two lifts inside the (rather divisive) Shard
2:16
2:16
20
‘Hello everyone and welcome to the View’, a sort of cupboard / bar, with London stretched out and twinkling below
1:06
1:06
21
Said cupboard / bar is closing soon but let's have a cocktail still
1:09
1:09
22
Tipsy aboard a Thameslink chariot home on this first day of 2026
1:59
1:59