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.

1st Pressing
300 Light Pink Vinyl
200 Black Vinyl