GASPARD EDEN RELEASES HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM : CROOKED LINES
Crooked Lines, the new album by Gaspard Eden, is the sound of choosing mess over polish, instinct over control.
Written, recorded, and mixed alone at ULF Recording, Eden’s tape-driven studio in Quebec City, the album leans into imperfection as a form of truth. After his debut Soft Power, made with a traditional team, Eden rebuilt the process from the ground up: restoring a broken Tascam 388 over two years, learning electronics by necessity, and recording straight to tape where mistakes don’t get erased. They become part of the performance.
Some songs arrived in a breath, others wrestled through multiple lives, but all were captured before overthinking could bleach them clean. The result is warm, hushed, and unapologetically human. Acoustic guitars, dead-pan drums, tape hiss, and soft vocals suspended between tenderness and melancholy. A few close friends contribute on Wurlitzer, Mellotron, and drums, but the heart of the record is solitary and vulnerable.
Crooked Lines isn’t a concept album. It’s a document of moments caught before they slipped away. Eden doesn’t present DIY as a badge, but as acceptance: of limitation, nostalgia, and the uneven shape of growth.
In an era obsessed with perfection, Crooked Lines stands in the opposite corner, celebrating the human hand, crooked edges and all.
Gaspard Eden - Crooked Lines
