INTERIOR SPRING

(LP)
Bay Area post-punk outfit Topographies deliver their sophomore LP, Interior Spring, via Dark Entries.
Genre Punk
StylePost Punk
FormatVINYL
Cat. noDE319
Label DARK ENTRIES
Artist TOPOGRAPHIES
Release Date02/02/2024
CarrierLP
Barcode794811515678

TRACKLIST Night Sea Arch Cleanse Chain of Days I Never Understood Interior Spring Tied 1959 Red-Black Sun Face of Another

INFO Formed in 2018 in San Francisco by Justin Oronos, Jeremie Ruest, and Gray Tolhurst, Topographies link the icy riffs and gloomy atmosphere of early coldwave with the textural depth and warmth of classic shoegaze, emerging with a style that™s both contemporary and timeless. On Interior Spring, Topographies explore themes of guilt, inherited trauma, and recovery. The meaning of its title is triplicate: a submerged river carrying hope, an anxiously wound clock, and a season where wildflowers bloom on the graves of the past. While the work of Tolhurst™s father - Laurence Tolhurst from The Cure - provides a clear influence, Topographies expertly channel acts like Asylum Party or The Chameleons on anthemic pearls like šNight Sea› and šChain of Days›. Tolhurst™s lyrics draw on his own experience in recovery from substance abuse to examine the cycle of use and hopelessness that characterizes addiction. Through these ten songs, the group hopes to present the idea that freedom is not an escape but an embrace of the quotidian beauty of human life.