Gladie Safe Sins (Color Vinyl) LP Vinyl

Safe Sins, the debut record from Philadelphia band Gladie, begins with a prayer: "I close my eyes, pretend to pray/That this shame would just fuck off today," sings Augusta Koch, her familiar timbre floating atop a wave of bleary-eyed synths on opener "Pray." It's a gentle, hymnal introduction to a record that ducks from jangly power pop to plucky indie rock, scrappy electronic psych jams to swaying shoegaze. The record borrows it's title from Koch's personal poetry theme book: Safe Sins is a place of safety, acceptance, and progress. It is a record about isolation, loss, and dismantling shame and grief through self-analysis.

1. Pray 2. When You Leave the Sun 3. A Pace Far Different 4. Twenty Twenty 5. Even at Your Easel 6. Cosmic Joke 7. Paper Bags 8. Overlooking the Lake 9. Parlor 10. Choose