The Ground Above Whiteley Tracks like “712PM” (the hard‑hitting

Tracks like “712PM” (the hard‑hitting opener)

National Recording Registry in 2023 for its cultural

edgy electro‑pop built around a creepy music‑box intro and dramatic choruses

Funny Face

making it a defining work of late 90s pop

The Ground Above Whiteley Tracks like “712PM” (the hard‑hittingThe Ground Above is Beth Ortons 2026 album on Partisan Records, an eightsong, 47minute cycle she has described as her most direct, urgent, and emotionally fearless work to date. Selfproduced like her 2022 record Weather Alive, it was crafted over roughly a year from liveintheroom recordings, keeping a loose, collective feel while Orton gradually sculpted the songs into expansive, timeless forms. Across tracks crowned by the title piece The Ground