Crushing

Crushing

Abstract

Crushing is the third album Michael Richardson has made under his own name, counting 2023’s Turquoise & Gold Original Soundtrack and 2024’s Uranium City. Michael’s releases with band projects number an additional six albums, including The Madeleines’ 2022 LP The Old Man the Boat, the direct predecessor to his current singer-songwriter style. Michael is from the Washington, DC area, having grown up in the diverse Virginia suburb of Annandale. From 2016 through 2025 he played extensively in the Washington independent music scene as a guitarist, drummer, songwriter, and singer. This record is a document of Michael’s growth and aspiration; finding what elements of his personality are inescapable, and learning to embrace them. Striving for a successful career in the art form he loves, Michael Richardson set himself to the task of opening his often esoteric musical instincts to a more widely accessible sound, and Crushing is a document of that journey too; a deliberate attempt to make transparent his signature oddities, that a more easily received message might land with a listener, even while altered by Michael’s unique lens.

Publication Date

7-1-2026

Campus

New York City Campus

Specialization

Songwriting and Production

Crushing

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