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It's interesting that two seasoned punk rockers, Greg Gordon and Cooper Gillespie, would meet, fall in love and form a Portishead inspired trip-hop, ambient band. What's also interesting about Mad Planet is that it would also serve as a therapy for Gillespie for her to write about her recent divorce and other pains in her life. "I was in a deep, dark place when I started writing this album," she said, referring to their debut LP, All Elephants, which was released just this year. Sometimes a new love and a new artistic expression is the perfect medicine to heal wounds. And it makes for multi-layered, emotionally complex music that resonates with you long after putting the album away. - Aaron Cartier sanjose.com