On Friday, Damages officially released under the Abrasive Monologues label.
It is not just a record. It is a body left on the floor, and a choice to walk back into the wreckage with the lights still off.
This is not a comeback album or a survival story. It is what comes after both.
Damages doesn’t build toward catharsis. It tracks what happens when you’ve already stopped pretending there’s a map.
Each track exists like a shard. Not clean, not sanded down for comfort. Just real.
Real in the way silence is real. Real in the way grief hums under your ribs when you’re washing dishes or trying to sleep.
The album opens with “Dust”, a song that does not announce itself but sinks slowly, like memory.
It moves through pieces like “Damages”, “Waking Up on the Floor”, and “Synesthesia”, which drag the listener deeper into what Hadley calls “the new deep end of the pool.”
This isn’t an album about one moment. It is an archive of the moments that followed, and the debris they left behind.
At Abrasive Monologues, we don’t put things out into the world unless they matter.
Damages matters.
It speaks in textures and emotional codes that don’t translate unless you’ve been inside that kind of silence yourself.
To mark the release, we’re hosting a Listening Party on Sunday, October 5th at 7 PM US/Chicago time.
It’s not a performance. It’s a gathering.
A space to sit with the record, with others who hear what it’s really saying.
If Damages speaks to something in you, or if you just want to know what truth sounds like after the collapse, you’re invited.
🕯️ Join us here:
https://jonathanhadley.bandcamp.com/merch/damages-listening-party
The album is streaming now on Bandcamp.
Take your time with it.
There’s nothing fast about healing.
But there can be beauty in what’s still breathing after the fire burns out.
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