Interior Spring by topographies
Bay Area post-punk outfit Topographies deliver their sophomore LP, Interior Spring, via Dark Entries.
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 “Night Sea” and “Chain 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.
Tracklist
| 1. | Night Sea | 2:40 |
| 2. | Arch | 3:12 |
| 3. | Cleanse | 4:05 |
| 4. | Chain Of Days | 3:41 |
| 5. | I Never Understood | 4:07 |
| 6. | Interior Spring | 3:38 |
| 7. | Tied | 3:35 |
| 8. | 1959 | 3:25 |
| 9. | Red-Black Sun | 3:21 |
| 10. | Face Of Another | 4:54 |
Credits
© 2024 DARK ENTRIES RECORDS
TOPOGRAPHIES IS: JUSTIN ORONOS, JÉRÉMIE RÜEST, AND GRAY TOLHURST
ENGINEERING/PRODUCTION/MIXING: SHAUN DURKAN
ADDITIONAL RECORDING: ALEXIS BERTHELOT
MASTERING: ANNE-MARIE SUENRAM
DESIGN: ELOISE LEIGH
COVER PHOTO: UNTITLED, 1969 BY RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD
© THE ESTATE OF RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD, COURTESY FRAENKEL GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO
SPECIAL THANKS: OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES AND REL ROBINSON, JOSH CHEON, BRIAN COLE, JULIAN BENDAÑA, AND
COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING IN THIS WORLD WITH “LOST IN THE CHAIN OF DAYS”
