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Though their retro vibe bears the influence of Phil Spector's mid-century pop

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Safe Sins (Color Vinyl) EXCESS-NOV-SOV " skronks with impunity onSafe Sins, the debut record from Philadelphia band Gladie, begins with a prayer: "I close my eyes, pretend to pray That this shame would just fuck off today, sings Augusta Koch, her familiar timbre floating atop a wave of bleary eyed synths on opener "Pray." It's a gentle, hymnal introduction to a record that ducks from jangly power pop to plucky indie rock, scrappy electronic psych jams to swaying shoegaze. The record borrows it's title from Koch's