ARTIST: Race the Ghost
TITLE: In the Drink
LABEL: Self Released
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 166kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 16m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-00-00
RIP DATE: 2007-01-02
Track List
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1. In the Drink 3:44
2. The Numbers 4:53
3. Nude and Nervous 4:16
4. Retreat 3:24
Release Notes:
Race The Ghost is made up of two sets of brothers -- Michael and Frank Salati
and Vincent and Benjamin Bruni -- a quartet representative of what you get when
you cross defiant altar boys with disenchanted adulthood. The refined
songwriting on their self-titled new album reflects the passions of a generation
seeking fulfillment, love, respect or just a place of their own in a world
permeated by melancholy and desperation. Its about not wanting to do it anymore,
that theres something beyond this, Benjamin says. Race The Ghost is about
pushing back against the pressures and expectations of everyday life. While
their lyrics lean toward introspection, their music possesses an inescapable
speed and power, galvanizing audiences, and provoking movement from even the
stiffest joints of audiophiles. One thing that unites all their music is the
sense of clinging to the fleeting safety of childhood and the quickly
evaporating present and the precious time that is drifting away from every one
of us at every moment, a celebration of fatalism and a wish for something
better. Its a reflection of their own regret and the effort to erase it. Race
The Ghost eventually discovered what any artist eventually learns about living
on bread alone. The hunger to make music built up until they decided more than a
year ago that they needed to find the time and energy to play together just as
much as they needed to pay their bills. Anyone whos ever had a creative passion
knows theres a certain point where, no matter how hard it gets, that dream must
be chased. Their unpretentious approach to performing and songwriting, coupled
with their nuanced musicianship, and a desire to satisfy audiences has already
built them a following in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, where they often played at
schools and local venues as teenagers. Luckily, their friends and fans have
followed, as proven by the crowds that gathered at bars and clubs for their
return to Pittsburgh stages in 2005.