GARDENS

“ adding new layers of inspiration into the modern dream-pop genre...their debut record offers a colossal level of promise” Far Out

“ an irresistible sonic tapestry” KEXP

“intricately crafted…glistens with warmth and depth” DIY 

“Dreamy hazy deliciousness.” Backseat Mafia

Coming ahead of their debut UK shows next week at The Great Escape, Viennese dream-pop quartet GARDENS unveil their most heightened cut to date with new single ‘Good This Way’ - out today (May 9th) via Siluh Records (Laundromat Chicks)

Their first release since November debut album Flaws - which brought the band backing from DORK, DIY, KEXP, Far Out, Backseat Mafia, Still Listening, Post Brexit-Pop,  ‘Good This Way’ captures all of GARDENS’ virtues in one fell three-minute swoop. Rising and falling through vocal intimacies,  techni-colour keyboard washes, and full-pelt fuzzed out squalls, the song’s capricious construction emarks lead vocalist/songwriter Luca Celina Müller’s retelling of a personal heartbreak, taken as the track’s lyrical inspiration. Discussing more on the track, she says: 

“Being fed romantic movies with happy endings throughout adolescence has led me to a distorted, romanticized view on love which got shattered as soon as the first heartbreak hit. The opening lines describe a real situation in which I felt confronted with someone else’s heartbreak that I had originally caused, thereby shattering his belief in our everlasting love. While reflecting on the bursting of that bubble this song is also a way of coming to terms with the fact that love comes and goes, and that it is “good this way” after all. 

“We wanted the audio production to reflect the storyline. The song takes you through highs and lows, through dreamy parts that mimic the thought of never ending love in younger days, up to the finale with fuzzy guitars, raging synth arpeggios and more distorted, more emotional vocals.”