Off their third full-length LP Deep Sage, Gouge Away have unveiled the album’s powerful new single “Spaced Out.”
The track features guest vocal appearances from Haley Butters (Pale Green Stars, Trauma Ray), Meghan O’Neil (Punch, Super Unison, King Woman), and Jasmine Watson (Torso, Ceremony).
Almost left on the cutting room floor, Gouge Away vocalist Christina Michelle comments on the single: “I completely missed the conversation where everyone decided to scrap this song. The guys all felt it was the most unfinished compared to our other demos but I heard a fun and short banger. I had a ton of fun writing the lyrics at home, imagining different voices trading off. Our friends Haley Butters, Meghan O’Neil and Jasmine Watson came to the studio to lend their voices super last minute and they really helped make this song come to life. Now we love that this song made it onto the record.”
Deep Sage started coming together in 2019 during sound checks and in small pockets of downtime between tours. In early 2020, they demoed songs with Brok Mende in an unassuming storage unit in Orlando, FL. Gouge Away pulled influence not only from the nostalgia of the bands they grew up listening to, but also developed a sense of urgency, noise, and introspective lyrics they felt most represented them. Those demos helped shape the songs into the finished record that Deep Sage would become.
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