Rising London-based artist
gglum, real name Ella Smoker, has announced her debut album '
The Garden Dream', set to be released on March 29th via Secretly Canadian.
The record follows her previous 8-track projects '
Weak Teeth' (2022) and '
once the edge has worn off' (2021).
Smoker describes 'The Garden Dream' as a fever dream, a blend of potent memory and repressed imagination. She explains, “At the time of writing it, I was having so many nightmares, just straight-up graphic and disturbing stuff. I think it was my subconscious telling me I had shit I needed to deal with, a lot of the mistrust I’ve had since I was a teenager. It was weirdly good timing, because I'm at a point in my life now where I'm actually pretty happy, and am in a good place to look back.”
The album's lead single, 'Do You See Me Different?', is an intimate and atmospheric exploration of the confusion, chaos, and deflation felt during a difficult relationship that sees her teaming up with Kamal.. Smoker explains, “It's about the confusion, chaos and deflation you feel during a difficult relationship.”
