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Ideal Form

by topographies

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    Limited to 350 copies on milky clear vinyl. Mastered for vinyl by Aardvark Mastering & pressed by Vinny Barreras at Studio 4 Vinyl.

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1.
Mirror 03:52
When I finally saw inside of myself I broke down and let him in it’s on again off again I’m losing my mind behind the broken mirror I find myself inside of you the holding cell I want it I need it oh god I can never tell when I finally saw beneath my skin I saw rooms emptied of light cut it out of me to find what’s hidden, what’s hidden deep inside of you the holding cell I want it I need it oh god I can never tell
2.
False Desire 03:56
Alone again and carved in shadowed light Shallow water pooled around your eyes I want it now to climb the hills inside snowy fields so soft and bitter like your body in the night I want it now Alone I feel the boundaries of my lust Broken buildings lovers filled with rust I want it now To feel the kick inside Lay your hands upon me sister Only darkness I can trust I want it now (to feel the kick inside) I want it now (lay your hands upon me sister) I want it now (buildings burning, lovers filled with rust) I want it now (to feel the kick inside, inside , inside)
3.
You only want me half of the time was it something that I said with your fingers on my body line what is running through your head? It’s morning time I just can't feel you its evening time I still can’t feel you I want you to say what you mean I’m stripping off my imperfections trying to get clean for you again you only love me half of the time who is living in your head with your fingers around my neck who is sleeping in our bed?
4.
Image 05:12
nothing real behind this picture image of the broken mirror eye try to describe to me, hide from me again try to decipher me, lie to me again try to decide blind to see it lives inside you anyway the image of her, image of her blind to see it lives inside you always the image of her, image of her nothing real inside both your hands are tied I wondered I wondered how to live
5.
When I saw you Kicking at the dirt Dust to dust, ash to ashes the pain of rebirth the pain of It’s always never Or sometime soon I’m in heaven but they’re running out Oh they’re running out Yeah they’re running out of room
6.
Oh Michael I need to tell you all about how I lost you the lonely figure Inside you deciphering rooms full of sound I loved you the lonely figure let it all slip down Oh Michael I need to tell you all about how I lost you the lonely figure Deciphering sky writing, words written in clouds I used to know how Oh Michael I need to tell you all about how You turn the world upside down again Oh Michael I need to tell you You turn the world upside down again
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8.
I want to be made of stone soft energy nowhere to go I want to be made of stone a wine dark sea far from home and no one knows

about

"Ideal Form" is Topographies debut full-length LP, set to be released on Funeral Party Records December 2020. The album synthesizes and clarifies the band’s aesthetic in eight drum-machine and synth heavy tracks, accompanied by Jérémie Rüest's ethereal guitar work, the nimble basslines of Justin Oronos, and Gray 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.

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released December 4, 2020

All songs by Topographies: Justin Oronos, Jérémie Rüest, and Gray Tolhurst
Recorded and mixed by Chris King at Moon Palace, Los Angeles
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studios, New York
Cover Art by Phillip Maisel
Design by rel robinson

Special thanks to:

Brian Cole, Michael Stock, Mario Orduno, Julian Gabriel Bendana, Monte Vallier, Joshua Yule,Alexis Berthelot, Lauren Grubb, and all our families and friends.

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