Stream: That Ghost, Get It And Get Out EP
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
We have a tendency to gravitate towards music that promotes good vibes, good times and feeling complete or whole and content. It’s not that we aren’t listening to downer music, because we are, it’s just that it’s nice to spread the love around, you know? For right now, or at least for the duration of this EP, we’re saying fuck good vibes because That Ghost’s digital only EP Get It And Get Out is seven songs of pure sneer. It’s like Ryan Schmale (aka the only dude in That Ghost) has been saving up every bitter thought and every drunken rant for this EP, spitting it back at us through a wall of grit and surprisingly catchy melodies.
Stream: That Ghost Get It And Get Out EP
Freeload: That Ghost, “When There’s No One Else to Sing to, You Sing to Yourself”
- story THE FADER
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)
