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Topographies is a coldwave group based in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The group was founded by Justin Oronos, Jeremie Ruest and Gray Tolhurst. The band’s sound developed from ethereal shoegaze and dreampop to a more streamlined coldwave sound over the course of several early EPs and crystallized in their debut record Ideal Form (2020). This record outlined their unique aesthetic: the icy drums and lockstep bass of coldwave meeting the hazy textures of shoegaze guitars, united by Tolhurt’s introspective and impassioned vocal melodies and lyrics. After a series of US tours n 2022 and 2023, the band released their follow up Interior Spring in early 2024 to be followed by a series of dates in Europe including Wave Gotik.

Top tracks

01	Night Sea	topographies	Interior Spring			02:40
	Writer: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst / Composers: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst
03	This Evening Also	topographies	Ideal Form			03:59
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
05	See You as You Fall	topographies	Ideal Form			03:28
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
03	Cleanse	topographies	Interior Spring			04:05
	Writer: Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst - Justin Oronos / Composers: Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst - Justin Oronos
02	Arch	topographies	Interior Spring			03:12
	Writer: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst / Composers: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst
02	Speak Through Me	topographies	Not My Loneliness, but Ours			03:35
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
01	False Desire	topographies	False Desire			03:54
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
01	Mirror	topographies	Ideal Form			03:52
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
04	Heatwave	topographies	Brutality of Fact			03:33
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos / Composers: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
01	Pink Thoughts	topographies	Pink Thoughts			04:22
08	1959	topographies	Interior Spring			03:25
	Writer: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst / Composers: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst
03	In Your Hands	topographies	Not My Loneliness, but Ours			04:07
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
07	Tied	topographies	Interior Spring			03:35
	Writer: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst / Composers: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst
07	Rose of Sharon	topographies	Ideal Form			04:10
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos

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Discography

Albums

Interior Spring

℗ 2024 Dark Entries: 02-02-2024

Interior Spring

01	Night Sea	topographies	Interior Spring			02:40
	Writer: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst / Composers: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst
02	Arch	topographies	Interior Spring			03:12
	Writer: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst / Composers: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst
03	Cleanse	topographies	Interior Spring			04:05
	Writer: Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst - Justin Oronos / Composers: Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst - Justin Oronos
04	Chain Of Days	topographies	Interior Spring			03:41
	Writer: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst / Composers: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst
05	I Never Understood	topographies	Interior Spring			04:06
	Writer: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst / Composers: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst
06	Interior Spring	topographies	Interior Spring			03:38
	Writer: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst / Composers: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst
07	Tied	topographies	Interior Spring			03:35
	Writer: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst / Composers: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst

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Ideal Form

2020 Funeral Party: 04-12-2020

Ideal Form

01	Mirror	topographies	Ideal Form			03:52
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
02	False Desire	topographies	Ideal Form			03:54
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
03	This Evening Also	topographies	Ideal Form			03:59
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
04	Image	topographies	Ideal Form			05:12
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
05	See You as You Fall	topographies	Ideal Form			03:28
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
06	Lonely Figure	topographies	Ideal Form			03:44
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
07	Rose of Sharon	topographies	Ideal Form			04:10
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos

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EPs

Brutality of Fact

2025 topographies: 05-02-2025

Brutality of Fact

01	Brutality of Fact	topographies	Brutality of Fact			02:39
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos / Composers: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
02	Black Rain	topographies	Brutality of Fact			02:57
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos / Composers: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
03	Love Is Not Enough	topographies	Brutality of Fact			03:32
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos / Composers: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
04	Heatwave	topographies	Brutality of Fact			03:33
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos / Composers: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos

Not My Loneliness, but Ours

2020 topographies: 15-05-2020

Not My Loneliness, but Ours

01	Not My Loneliness, but Ours	topographies	Not My Loneliness, but Ours			03:34
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
02	Speak Through Me	topographies	Not My Loneliness, but Ours			03:35
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
03	In Your Hands	topographies	Not My Loneliness, but Ours			04:07
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos
04	Restraint	topographies	Not My Loneliness, but Ours			04:55
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos

Difference & Repetition

(P) 2020 Dream: 14-02-2020

Difference & Repetition

01	Open Up	topographies	Difference & Repetition			03:18
	Composers: topographies
02	In Crept Doubt	topographies	Difference & Repetition			04:51
	Composers: topographies
03	Veils	topographies	Difference & Repetition			03:53
	Composers: topographies
04	An Eye, Open	topographies	Difference & Repetition			05:30
	Composers: topographies

Singles

Chain of Days

℗ 2024 Dark Entries Records: 16-01-2024

Chain of Days

01	Chain of Days	topographies	Chain of Days			03:41
	Writer: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst / Composers: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst

Night Sea

℗ 2023 Dark Entries: 10-11-2023

Night Sea

01	Night Sea	topographies	Night Sea			02:40
	Writer: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst / Composers: Justin Oronos - Jeremie Ruest - Gray Tolhurst

False Desire

2020 Funeral Party: 17-11-2020

False Desire

01	False Desire	topographies	False Desire			03:54
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos

See You as You Fall

2020 Funeral Party: 23-10-2020

See You as You Fall

01	See You as You Fall	topographies	See You as You Fall			03:28
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos

Cherry Blossom

Topographies under exclusive licence to Sonic Cathedral: 07-08-2019

Cherry Blossom

01	Cherry Blossom	topographies	Cherry Blossom			05:01
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos - Lauren Grubb / Composers: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos - Lauren Grubb
02	Half Asleep	topographies	Cherry Blossom			04:35
	Writer: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos - Lauren Grubb / Composers: Gray Tolhurst - Jeremie Ruest - Justin Oronos - Lauren Grubb

Pink Thoughts

topographies: 07-03-2018

Pink Thoughts

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Pink Thoughts

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Do You Feel That Way Too? A Tribute to Adrian Borland & The Sound

2020 Dune Altar: 20-03-2020

Do You Feel That Way Too? A Tribute to Adrian Borland & The Sound

01	Mining for Heart	Actors	Do You Feel That Way Too? A Tribute to Adrian Borland & The Sound			02:52
	Writer: Adrian Borland / Composers: Adrian Borland
02	Contact the Fact	Creux Lies	Do You Feel That Way Too? A Tribute to Adrian Borland & The Sound			05:08
	Writer: Adrian Borland - Colvin Mayers - Graham Bailey / Composers: Adrian Borland - Colvin Mayers - Graham Bailey
03	Dreams Then Plans	Ancestors	Do You Feel That Way Too? A Tribute to Adrian Borland & The Sound			06:13
	Writer: Adrian Borland / Composers: Adrian Borland
04	One Thousand Reasons	Brass Box	Do You Feel That Way Too? A Tribute to Adrian Borland & The Sound			03:31
	Writer: Adrian Borland / Composers: Adrian Borland
05	Barria Alta	Mode Moderne	Do You Feel That Way Too? A Tribute to Adrian Borland & The Sound			05:09
	Writer: Adrian Borland - Colvin Mayers - Graham Bailey - Michael Dudley / Composers: Adrian Borland - Colvin Mayers - Graham Bailey - Michael Dudley
06	I Can't Escape Myself	Intimatchine	Do You Feel That Way Too? A Tribute to Adrian Borland & The Sound			04:06
	Writer: Adrian Borland / Composers: Adrian Borland
07	Heartland	Salo	Do You Feel That Way Too? A Tribute to Adrian Borland & The Sound			03:34
	Writer: Adrian Borland / Composers: Adrian Borland

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Feet Held to the Fire

à La Carte Records: 18-10-2022

Feet Held to the Fire

01	Feet Held to the Fire	True Faith	Feet Held to the Fire			03:53
	Writer: Travis Benson / Composers: Travis Benson - Quentin Moyer - Dylan Kotliar
02	Feet Held to the Fire (topographies Remix)	True Faith	Feet Held to the Fire			04:27
	Writer: Travis Benson / Composers: Travis Benson - Quentin Moyer - Dylan Kotliar