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Morgan Garrett and Gloorp are Philadelphia's most inspired musical weirdos 69%
By Joshua Minsoo Kim80%
7/24/2026, 8:10:00 AM
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Morgan Garrett and Gloorp (aka Garrett Burke) are Philadelphia musicians who sound so different from each other it’s strange to see them on the same bill.
But while Garrett is an experimental singer-songwriter and Gloorp is a dance-music producer and percussionist (he’s drummed in Mothers and Of Montreal), they’ve found common ground in collaboration.
On “Gangggsta,” from Gloorp’s 2025 EP <em>Gloorp ’Em Up</em> (Jolt), Gloorp’s sparse, booming beat meets Garrett’s litany of deranged voices, which are varied and cartoonish enough to belong to a supercut of horror-movie villains.
Garrett’s output has been defined by the uncanny, unsettling, and ugly.
On 2020’s self-released <em>I Saw Demons</em>, he crafts misfit songs from ruptured electronics and weeping guitar lines.
“I’d Pray to God” imagines sound collage at its most charmingly theatrical and impossibly sad.
He continued to hone his sound on 2023’s <em>Extreme Fantasy</em> and 2024’s <em>Purity</em> (both on Orange Milk), merging downer folk, industrial soundscapes, haunted atmospherics, and campy vocals possessed by the spirit of grindhouse schlock ’n’ gore into moving reveries of poverty and dejection.
“Sick and Sad” begins like a haunted lullaby before maneuvering between anxious groans and screamed vocals; the eruption of noise that follows conjures pain and sorrow from intense sonic abrasion.
Gloorp’s dance-floor mind melters are equally stirring.
On his new album, <em>Gloorp Life</em> (Jolt), he invites listeners to revel in the evolution of his sound-design–forward IDM.
You can hear his playfulness in track titles such as “Swag,” “Jeggings,” and “Hookah"; the blipping notes of the latter rush back and forth with a delightful mania.
A lot of the music owes a debt to Sophie in the way it can sound metallic and also like gelatinous confectionery, but several moments are harder to pin down.
The title track’s glitching beats are constantly on the precipice of falling apart; “Bali Mode” veers close to footwork; and “Ice Bath” contains traces of UK garage.
In addition to their show at Elastic Arts on August 5, Gloorp and Garrett will play a DJ set at Sportsman’s Club on August 6.
Given the range of their respective output, it’s anyone’s guess what they might play.
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