The Haunted Palace is a Toronto-based darkwave band comprised of two 50-something theatre artists who combined their talents to pay tribute to their favourite 4AD music and create new goth-pop anthems. Lyricist/singer Erika Batdorf is a playwright, director, actor, and professor at York University's theatre department, who produced "Gorey Story", a tribute to artist Edward Gorey, among other work. Composer/producer Richard Feren is a sound designer for theatre & dance, composer of numerous film scores, and a lifelong horror buff; among his own prodigious solo work is a new original soundtrack to the 1922 silent classic Nosferatu. While collaborating on other projects in 2020, they formed The Haunted Palace, and began co-writing and recording a series of new songs, 4 of which are included on the "Emerging" EP.