Listen to Enchanted Forest (Mems Corey Flood)
“Enchanted forest began as a solo project that was more of a trial and error way of making songs with a modular synthesizer for Em Boltz. From communal houses in northeast Ohio, a live-in residency at the Silent Barn, to Philadelphia, they’ve played in 11 bands. After a couple releases and a desire to expand sound, the decision to add Noah Jacobson-Caroll to the mix was easy. The members have a lengthy history as musical collaborators, dating back to 2017 when they both joined the dark pop group Corey Flood as guitarists. The two soon found themselves for the greater half of 2019 in a basement jamming, making tape loops, building synth modules, and guitar pedals with no definitive plan.
Drawing influence from the likes of Laraaji, Psychic Tv, and Chris & Cosey, Enchanted forest devise their own brand of electronic psyched out sound through zoom jam sessions and e-mail correspondence. Their debut EP “Jacob’s Ladder”, successfully maintains the harrowing yet somehow ethereal aura of their past endeavors.”
The duo’s debut EP ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ is out December 4th (Bandcamp Friday) on Fire Talk. Watch two videos and stream the tracks now!
Inspired by Throwing Muses, Helium, Pale Saints, and Brix Smith-Start’s work with the Fall, Hanging Garden, the debut album from Philadelphia based Corey Flood reflects “a reckoning with internal discord.” From the surface, its nine tracks appear to break through the dark fog of the Wish You Hadn’t EP, but just below lay themes of ambivalence, uncertainty, and anxiety, layered elegantly in fuzz. Soft melodies, lush guitars, and churning rhythms shroud relatable tales of gaslighting and self-doubt. Playful surprises also abound, like 70s krautrock guitar work and samba-influenced drum parts.
On the trance-inducing “Slow Bleeder,” Gray-Klein’s chronic anemia becomes a metaphor for her fear of getting too close to people. "Bands of light cross my room at night / drinking my own poison again,” she sings on the intimate and delicate “Park Deli 7.” As she experimented with writing lyrics for the very first time, Gray-Klein found herself “stuck on a lot of self-destructive, cyclical thinking.” Hanging Garden was recorded at Headroom Studios in Philadelphia, PA by Jackie Milestone, mixed by Natasha Jacobs and mastered by Sarah Register and will be out September 4th 2020 on Fire Talk.
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