In this new age of bedroom experimentalism, the concept of a guy who just enjoys hanging out in his room playing simple guitar songs seems fresh again. At times, That Ghost aka Ryan Schmale nods heavily in the direction of the Elephant 6 Collective, like if Jeff Mangum took a second to breathe and unwound his claustrophobic laments into a breezy sadness, or if we stumbled on a box full of Strokes demo tapes featuring a sedated Julian Casablancas. That Ghost's Young Fridays is great because Schmale's smart heart-on-sleeve lyrics and rough melodies stick in your head a lot longer than it probably took him to record them.
Download: That Ghost, "When There's No One Else to Sing to, You Sing to Yourself" (Via Cold Splinters)