- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: The Ghost Is Dancing
Album: The Darkest Spark
Label: Sonic Unyon Records
Playtime: 38:10 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.theghostisdancing.com
Rip date: 2007-05-15
Street date: 2007-06-19
Size: 54.94 MB
Type: Advance
Quality: 191 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Recorded on the shores of Lake Ontario on Toronto Island, The Darkest Spark
is the first full-length by the indie-rock collective known as The Ghost is
Dancing. 2006 saw the release of TGID's joyful and energetic debut EP,
exploding with a barely contained pop feel the new band mates had channeled
in the basement practice space of their Toronto group house. Now (mostly) out
of school, the indie-rock collective have swapped roommates and also added
the expert skills of Alt Altman on horn and guitar, Lesley Davies on backing
vocals and Ben "Mountain Man" Deschamps on strings. Along with these
transformations, they signed with Sonic Unyon Records and set about recording
their first full-length album.
The Darkest Spark was recorded over a few blissful weeks in October of 2006
at the Gas Station Studios on Toronto Island. Together with Dale Morningstar,
the Henry Thoreau of indie-rock, and his killer cat "CJ," the band set about
to to produce an album about what it means to cross a lake to build a new
life with your friends.
While their first record was one of jubilant kinship, The Darkest Spark
documents that first separation from home when you leave in order to build a
new life. Set against the expansive backdrop of Lake Ontario, The Darkest
Spark is by turns pensive and explosive, minimal yet eloquent. Stark ballads
transit to quirky bouncing pop and choral sing-alongs merge with angular
indie-rock as trumpets collide with theremin and hundred-year old pump organs
mingle with toys and bells found in storage boxes. The result is an
exuberant, kaleidoscopic record that at once unravels their sound while
allowing the band to discover its identity and embrace it.
With The Darkest Spark, The Ghost is Dancing have delivered an engaging,
celebratory album that fulfills the immense promise laid out by their debut
EP and more.
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01. September '01 ( 2:33)
02. The Darkest Spark ( 3:59)
03. We'll Make It ( 1:41)
04. Shuttles And Planes ( 4:22)
05. Organ ( 4:50)
06. Greatlakescape ( 5:21)
07. Wall Of Snow ( 3:36)
08. The Dark And The Bright ( 4:57)
09. Wait Another Day ( 3:22)
10. Arrivals (Are Never Enough) ( 3:29)
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