They Are Gutting a Body of Water

Conceived as a solo project for frontman and Philadelphia transplant Douglas Dulgarian, They Are Gutting a Body of Water transcends its unwieldy name with an eclectic style built on the bones of shoegaze with an array of genres mixed into their sonic structure, from ambient to hip-hop. Albums like Destiny XL (2019), Lucky Styles (2022) and LOTTO (2025) have prompted publications to deem them as sitting at the forefront of a mini-shoegaze revival in America. Dulgarian, a native of Middletown, NY born in 1990, first came to prominence as a figurehead in the Albany scene with hi...