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Gloom Balloon is a Des Moines-based musical project led by Patrick Tape Fleming, renowned for its elaborate, instrument-rich arrangements and a home-recording sensibility. Over the years, collaborators have helped mold a sound that blends indie pop, chamber pop, folk, and psychedelic elements into a distinctive, if bittersweet, soundscape described by critics as a “sad psychedelic dance party.”