Gabriel Birnbaum: “Above A Forest With A House That's On Fire”

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Sep 23

Gabriel Birnbaum of Wilder Maker is back with a limited-run cassette release of a new solo album Nightwater | All the Dead Do is Dream. The first single to drop “Above A Forest With A House That's On Fire” is a dreamy trip into the Red Room from Twin Peaks. Yup, lots of backward momentum. The album grew out of inspiration from dream journals, so expect the hypnotic ambience to stay in full force.

But is the whole album backwards?

And what happens when you play a backwards album backwards?

Does it advise you to NOT worship the devil?

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