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Topographies is a post-punk/ shoegaze band formed in 2018 in San Francisco by Justin Oronos, Jeremie Ruest, and Gray Tolhurst. The band merges the lockstep rhythms and pulsing synths of 80s coldwave and post-punk (taking cues from bands like Asylum Party and The Chameleons) with the lush guitar work and hazy textures of shoegaze.

The band’s debut LP Ideal Form, set to be released on Funeral Party Records in autumn 2020, synthesizes and clarifies the band’s aesthetic in eight drum-machine and synth heavy tracks, accompanied by Ruest’s ethereal guitar work, the nimble basslines of Oronos, and Tolhurst’s poetic lyrics. The album was engineered and produced by Chris King (also a member of LA-based band, Cold Showers) and mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studios in New York. Tolhurst (whose early exposure to music came from his father Laurence Tolhurst, drummer/keyboardist of The Cure) draws on his dual fascinations of independent music and 20th century poetry to craft songs and lyrics that seek to explore the complex map of occurrences that situate and shape a life. Ideal Form is concerned with the projections human beings place upon experience and the impossibility of a perfectly realized existence.

PRESSING INFO:

100 - Clear blue w/ cyan splatter + obi strip [Funeral Party exclusive]

100 - Clear w/ heavy pink splatter [Evil Greed exclusive]

300 - Pink

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This item is a pre-order and will ship on, or around, the release date of 5/26/2021; any items ordered along with this will ship at the same time. Please remember that the shipping date is only an estimate and that delays can happen, however, we will email updates in the case of a production delay. International orders may take longer than usual to reach their destinations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.