ARTIST: Ghost Stories
TITLE: Quixoticism
LABEL: Sonic Boom Recordings
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 196kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 38m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-01-23
RIP DATE: 2007-01-16
Track List
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1. Catacombs 3:25
2. The Upper Ten/The Lower Five 5:40
3. You Wear It Like A Stained 2:24
Glass Window
4. The Motions 2:50
5. Secret Life Of The Union, Part 4:49
II
6. The Black Hand 2:42
7. The Nettles In Your Mouth 4:08
8. Isn't It Appropriate That Way 3:27
9. Secret Life Of The Union, Part 2:42
I
10. The Pink Princess Eskimonia 2:48
11. Even A Vampire Wouldn't Drink 3:59
My Blood
Release Notes:
Ghost Stories is the musical brainchild of Ron Lewis, a bedroom recordist
steeped in haunting lo-fi folk, found-sound ambience and epic psych-pop
grandeur. Quixoticism, Ghost StoriesÆ debut, unfolds like a passive-aggressive
psych-rock opera.
With years under his belt playing virtually every musical position on the field
with the Fruit Bats, the Joggers, Colin Meloy and with members of the
Dismemberment Plan, a creation of LewisÆ own seems justifiably dueùresulting in
an album which remains faithful to LewisÆ resume, but steps forward with an
alpha gesture that is anything but supplementary.
Though some of the songs themselves date back seven years, Quixoticism and itÆs
progression to tape began in the summer of 2004 with an empty house and an
8-track tape machine. Lewis played and recorded everything at home, enlisting
the help of Zack Reinig for the drum sounds.
LewisÆ relationship with the recording process gleams of hi-fi ambition beneath
a lo-fi veneer, ripe with rich star-shine vocal harmonies, undulating
transitions and bubbling psych explosions. ôYou Wear It Like Stained Glass
Windowö merges feral banshee guitars and spectral howls that reflect the
volatile nature of knowing another person inside and out, be that good or bad.
ôEven a Vampire WouldnÆt Drink My Blood,ö an anxious anthem to self-deprecation,
shrugs off any residual melancholy with arena rock guitars and a cappella choral
builds. This is a perfect conclusion to an album that embodies universal
tribulations of finding, losing, or extricating oneself from love.