Indie-ElectroPopsters The Black Ghosts are back with a new album. Released this week on Southern Fried Records the duo are celebrating the release of the record, 'When Animals Stare' by giving away the song 'Diamonds'. It's a dark, mysterious affair with a haunting melody reminiscent of carnival nightmares. True to The Black Ghosts style it is dense and gritty and hints at an album defiantly worth checking out. ♫ The Black Ghosts - Diamonds 'When Animals Stare' is out now. [...]
Just fresh from their 2nd full length release titled, "When Animals Stare" is this succulent and tender track from The Black Ghosts who have a certain penchant for mixing electronics elements with indie sensibilities. The best description I can come up with is think Andy Gibb (of Bee Gees fame) meeting up with Hot Chip. The Black Ghosts - In The Clouds Also check out: The Black Ghost – I Want Nothing (extended version)
★★★★☆ After making a near emergency exit following The Black Ghosts lauding of 2008, a debut that landed them a big screen vampire payday and spoke volumes for an Internet connection as studio space, Fake Blood and The Wiseguys' Theo Keating and Skywave and Simian's Simon Lord re-engage for the rerouting of electro-pop practice. Lord's falsetto, a mix of Alexis Taylor, Paul Heaton and Jack White coupled with the performance between educated, thespian and flowered up, has an ability to make know-it-all lyrics that might sound too clever for their own good on paper [...]
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The Black Ghosts are Theo 'Fake Blood' Keating and Simon 'Skywave' Lord. It's a project that sees Simon's beautiful songwriting and Theo's incredible electronic production skills join forces to make one of the stand-out albums of 2011.When Animals Stare is the stunning second album from the illusive two-piece, an album that warms the soul and rejuvenates the body and spirit. Simon's delicate
The Black Ghosts' second album 'When Animals Stare' is out August 1 via Southern Fried Records and see's Fake Blood's Theo Keating join his dark electronic forces with the harmonic vocal talents of former Simian member Simon Lord. It's a genuinely original long play and falls somewhere into the world of post-dubstep electronica. It's might not be everyone's cup of tea, but is a rewarding forward thinking enterprise nonetheless. It shows off a wide range of subtle influences including lo-fi, hip hop, dub and electro, make this indie-pop, electro-folk-tech long player quite a listen. It's not a [...]
So glad to see that The Black Ghosts are coming out with a new album. Their first album, their self-titled debut, found the duo exploring the electro world of indie pop, and to this day, is still up there as one of my favorite album of the nuaghties. What made their sound so good was the sick production skills of Fake blood merged with Skywave's beautiful voice and songwriting. 2011 brings the release of their 2nd LP, When Animals Stare, as well as the first single "Diamonds, a tune that finds the duo exploring the [...]
We were already teased with some of the tracks taken from The Black Ghosts ' new album "When Animals Stare" (the band members are ex-Simian). Today they're offering a free song, "Diamonds", which is also included on the record coming August 1 via Southern Fried Records (and today via iTunes ). Believe me... "When Animals Stare" is one of the LPs I'm most hungry about in 2011. The Black Ghosts - Diamonds Download
The Black Ghosts , are releasing their sophomore album When Animals Stare next week (8/1) courtesy of Southern Fried Records . To celebrate, the band is giving away a free track, "Diamonds", for your listening pleasure. The song is dark and haunting, which is mainly powered by Theo Keating's production skills. At the same time it somehow still manages to pepper in some pop elements with the assistance of Simon Lord's vocals. It's really a beautiful track. Enjoy "Diamonds". The Black Ghosts - "Diamonds" [...]
The first track to come from the upcoming sophomore disc from The Black Ghosts , When Animals Stare , "Diamonds" is Theo Keating and Simon Lord making the best dark pop song they've made in years, pounding and punching and swirling with string flourishes, but it's all held together by the backbeat, with the yearning vocals haunting and fully enveloping. When Animals Stare is out August 1 via Southern Fried Records. (mp3) The Black Ghosts - Diamonds Godspeed!
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The Black Ghosts - Diamonds [ mp3 ] taken from the new Black Ghosts album, When Animals Stare the LP will be out on August 1 via Southern Fried Records
The Black Ghosts: "Even In The Darkness" [ mp3 ] The Black Ghosts' new album "When Animals Stare" is out today via Southern Fried Records, and now you can download the new track "Even In The Darkness" for free. "When Animals Stare', the duo's second album, sees Theo Keating (aka Fake Blood and Touche), and former Simian member Simon Lord reunite to follow up their 2008 self titled debut. Watch Theo painting a 10 foot Black Ghosts logo in 1 day here [...]
The guys from The Black Ghosts are multi talented. Theo Keating, also known as Touché and Fake Blood, is a dj, musician, music producer and the one half of the "Ooh La La" Wiseguys. Simon William Lord is a musical composer, record producer, musician and former member of the band Simian. And as if all that weren't enough, the artwork [...]
Habrá singles? Habrá Remixes? De momento, When The Animals Stare Ya van dándonos regalitos... mira que son fantasmas! Falta POCO (una semanita) y podremos disfrutar el nuevo álbum del dúo estrella del pop! Un álbum trabajado, con la fórmula de siempre, las voces de Skywave y la producción sin fisuras de Fake Blood. Supongo que estamos hablando de pop, pero serio, muy serio. En fin... (el disco se ha filtrado, pero somos legales y nos atrevemos a decir que los primeros en bloguear este tema que nos ha llegado hace 10 minutos), muy legalmente [...]
THE BLACK GHOSTS * Announce Album Artwork Creation Video for When Animals Stare * Watch the video here (Please share): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =oJSD8r2oOCQ * New Album 'When Animals Stare' out on Southern Fried Records 1st August 2011The idea for the Black Ghosts album artwork came from inside the minds of Theo & Simon.Simon had 'When Animals Stare' in mind as a title, and as
Here's a quick history lesson. The Black Ghosts released their debut, self-titled album in 2008 and are formed of Simon Lord (formerly of Simian and currently Lord Skywave ) and Theo Keating (formerly of The Wiseguys and currently Fake Blood ). In the lead up to the release of their new album 'When Animals Stare', The Black Ghosts have uploaded five tracks for us to sample. Theo's the man on the buttons here whilst Simon takes to the mic. If you've heard [...]
The Black Ghosts will be dropping When Animals Stare on August 1st courtesy of the fine folks at Southern Fried Records, and for the title track's video, the boys have elected to treat us to a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the album's artwork. Not exactly "high concept," but at least it doesn't detract from the nice slinky post-funk workout that is When Animals Stare .
Ever wondered how you create a 10 foot The Black Ghosts logo in 1 day? This video shows the band's member Theo painting their logo which formed part of the artwork for their new album "When Animals Stare". It features the song, "Talk No More". The LP is coming on August 1 but you can already stream some of the tracks on the SoundCloud sampler. In case you didn't know, these guys were previously part of Simian .
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