Corey Flood Hanging Garden 6/13/06 and more as an emperor

and more as an emperor of short circuiting nostalgia

Christopher Cross' debut was a huge hit and widely acclaimed

Last November in London

was recorded at the famed Criteria Studios in Miami

Corey Flood Hanging Garden 6/13/06 and more as an emperorInspired by Throwing Muses, Helium, Pale Saints, and Brix Smith Starts 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 Hadnt EP, but just below lay themes of ambivalence, uncertainty, and anxiety, layered elegantly in fuzz. Soft melodies, lush guitars, and churning rhythms shroud