It's the long awaited return of the Friday Flash(back). Kicking off with Garbage's eighth studio album, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light.
Released back in late May, when this series was hiatus after season one for 2025 concluded. Now it's back, season two of the Friday Flash(back) for 2025.
What a way to kick off with huge 90's legends, Garbage. This record was recorded between 2022 & 2024 across sessions in two California-based studios and Shirley Manson's bedroom. It was produced by the band and producer Billy Bush.
Musically, Let All That We Imagine Be The Light departs from the socio-political ideas of 2021's No Gods No Masters & features more optimistic lyrics and themes.
To promote the album, Garbage released the singles There's No Future in Optimism & Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty, & announced the Happy Endings tour.
Critics praised the emotional depth of the record, with some calling it the best album released by the band since their self-titled debut.
The album's recording and production would be subsequently interrupted by two concert tours and affected by personal incidents, such as Manson's 2023 and 2024 surgeries, writer's block and the death of her dog Veela.
Over the next two years, several deadlines were missed and the album's release would eventually be pushed back to 2025, from an initial plan to finish it by spring 2023.
During the album's recording, the band also released two EPs: Witness to Your Love in 2023 and Lie to Me in 2024 as part of Record Store Day.
Manson explained that the writing of the album was influenced by her hip replacement surgery in 2023, during which she was bedridden and under the influence of pain medication.
Recorded over the course of several international conflicts, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Congo-Rwanda conflict, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, despite initial intentions to record the album with a clean slate, the band admitted it was inevitable for societal and political topics to start affecting the album.
The idea of including an octopus on the album cover was brought to the band by Manson as they were trying to find references to the number eight on the album. She wrote it on the whiteboard at the studio the band was working in and it eventually became a metaphor of the band and the way they work.
So ahead of returning to the series tomorrow, let's check out some new and old Garbage hits. Welcome back to the Friday Flash(back).
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