By design, THE FORMER is less a band, more an unidentifiable mass of raw nerve, exposed muscle, and severed subconscious found beneath layers of our cultural rubble. Overturning the grails of Lynchian jazz-damage, post-punk, film noir soundtracks, and urban/rural abyss altercations, THE FORMER capture/release the forlorn desert atmosphere from which they’ve been found: where the sand meets the dark alley.

Their debut recording “Live From Super X Gallery” (Dharma Sound Records) is an exclusive document of their in-person sound installation in December of 2022 in Pioneertown, CA. 

THE FORMER features members of This Lonesome Paradise, Jail Weddings, Mother,  Mojave Ghost, and Radiojed. 

Jed Gumiran: Synth/Keys

Gabriel Hart: Saxophone

E. Ray Béchard: Guitar

Harout Gulesserian: Drums

Free digital download (email us @ dharmsoundandaudio@gmail.com for the copy)

Limited pressing of 70 tapes

High quality duplication and printing all done in house at Dharma Sound.

Engineered/Mixed: Dharma Sound

Mastering Engineer: Michael Rozon (Ministry, Chelsea Wolfe, The Melvins, Agnostic Front, Bad Acid Trip)

To Listen to the Album

https://theformer.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-super-x-gallery