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Former Ghosts return with a second selection of tracks on the insanely reliable upset The Rhythm label. Primarily the work of Freddy Rupert (formally of This Song Is A Mess But So Am I) Former Ghosts boast super group status due to production and vocal contributions from Zola Jesus's Nika Rosa and Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart. Both artist contribute fantastic vocals to this selection of ice-cool electro gothic cuts. Former Ghosts is very much in keeping with both Zola Jesus and Xiu Xiu though the lasting influence of synth-pop pioneers like OMD, Japan and Soft Cell are also good reference points. The programming and overall tone of the production is fantastic, creating the appropriate atmosphere for tales of isolation and misery. There's always a sense of high drama to this sort of material so prepare yourself as this is a heartfelt selection of night beats suitable for messy break-up's, late night contemplation and lonely nights on the dancefloor. Well Breakfast Club.
* New Love is the second album on Upset The Rhythm for Former Ghosts. Former Ghosts is Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu),
Freddy Rupert (This Song Is A Mess But So Am I) and Nika Roza (Zola Jesus). Released on CD digipack and limited
edition black vinyl..For Fans Of: Xiu Xiu, OMD, Soft Cell, Zola Jesus
* New Love. It's two words, but one title. New Love is a cure for the heartbreak and jealousy of the past, but a
beginning to a new obsession: the search to replace the Old Love.
* This obsessive search radiates through Former Ghosts' latest album. Freddy Ruppert's newest collaborative project is
as much an emotional obsession as it is an obsession with sound. The new album is poppier, cleaner. More seductive,
sweet, charming, but more bitter. The claustrophobic reverb from the last album has been replaced. The syrupy,
entangling wash of sound has been hollowed out and exploded in size. New Love listens hollow, empty, endless.
* But as bleak and expansive as the new album is, the engine that propels it forward is obsession--an obsession over
loss of love, over jealousy, over Ruppert's inability to move on from the past--and not simply a loss of love, but a love of
loss. The vast sense of space in the album doubles the feeling of being on the outside of a relationship--of being the third
unrequited member of a romance between a couple oblivious to your heartbreak--outside the feelings of someone who
has, long ago, fallen out of love with you. Maybe, in this way, the female collaborators on the album (Nika Roza Danilova
of Zola Jesus and first-timer Yasmine Kittles of Tearist) materialize more as simulations, stand-ins or memories of lost
loves than as simple musical partners. Roza Danilova's intense, operatic style and Kittles' softer, coquettish beckoning
surround Ruppert as the core, writhing, masculine presence in an open, chaotic album.
1.The Days Will Get Long Again 2.Winter's Year 3.New Orleans 4.Until You Are Alone Again 5.Chin Up
6.And When You Kiss Me 7.Taurean Nature 8.Trust 9.Right Here 10.I Am Not What You Want 11.Only In Time 12.Bare
Bones 13.New Love
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