Pharmakon - Abandon, Sb 15 Year Edition, Black White & Orange Starburst

Margaret Chardiet was born and raised in New York City. As a founding member of the Red Light District collective in Far Rockaway, NY she has been a figurehead in the underground experimental scene since the age of seventeen. She

describes her drive to make noise music as something akin to an exorcism where

she is able to express, her "deep-seated need/drive/urge/possession to reach other

people and make them FEEL something [specifically] in uncomfortable/confrontational ways." Engineered by Sean Ragon of Cult of Youth, Abandon is

Pharmakon's first proper studio album and also her first widely distributed

release.

The songs on this album were all written and recorded during a turbulent three

month time period during which several fundamental life changes forced her to

begin living in a completely new way and in a new space. She describes the lyrical

themes of this album as being about "Loss. Losing everything. Relinquishing

control. Complete psychic abandon. Blind leaps of faith into the fire, walking out

unscathed. Crawling out of the pit."

Sacred Bones is now repressing this legendary debut on colour vinyl for the very

first time in celebration of the label's 15th year anniversary.