It’s Closeness, It’s Easy is the new full-length album from Planning For Burial, the solo project of Thom Wasluck, out now on The Flenser. This highly anticipated follow-up to 2017’s Below the House explores themes of aging, grief, addiction, and reconnection through immersive soundscapes that blend shoegaze, slowcore, ambient, and doomgaze.
Recorded alone at home in Pennsylvania, the album was shaped in intense, focused sessions that emphasize raw emotion and atmosphere. Over eight tracks, Wasluck weaves together blown-out guitars, drum machines, tape hiss, and moments of silence into a cathartic listening experience.
Rooted in a DIY ethos, Planning For Burial handles all aspects of the creative process—recording, artwork, performance—resulting in a deeply personal and singular body of work. It’s Closeness, It’s Easy marks the project’s twentieth year and stands as one of its most vulnerable and fully realized statements.
Available now on vinyl, CD, and digital formats from The Flenser.
Recommended for fans of Have A Nice Life, Grouper, and Low.
Planning for Burial returns with “YOU THINK,” the first single from the upcoming album It’s Closeness, It’s Easy. A longtime live favorite, the track explores personal reckoning and artistic transformation. Pre-order vinyl, CD, tape, and shirts now.
Planning For Burial shares “A Flowing Field of Green”, the first track from It’s Closeness, It’s Easy, out May 30 via The Flenser. A meditation on place, memory, and change, the song sets the tone for the long-awaited new album. Listen now and pre-order vinyl, CD, and merch.
Planning For Burial is hitting the road for the "Green Fields Across The USA 2025" tour in support of It’s Closeness, It’s Easy, out May 30 via The Flenser. Tickets are on sale now—see the full list of dates and secure yours today.
Planning For Burial returns with It’s Closeness, It’s Easy, the first new full-length album in eight years. Out May 30th via The Flenser, the album captures the slow shifts of time, love, and loss with Thom Wasluck’s signature intensity. Pre-orders for vinyl and exclusive merch are available now.