Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Radical Face - Ghost

Radical Face - "Ghost"
March 2007
Morr Music Records

Track listing

  1. "Asleep on a Train" - 2:01
  2. "Welcome Home, Son" - 4:48 (Emeral Cooper on piano and Mark Hubbard on snare drum)
  3. "Let the River in" - 5:07
  4. "Glory" - 6:13 (Alex Kane on bass)
  5. "The Strangest Things" - 4:26 (Alex Kane on bass)
  6. "Wrapped in Piano Strings" - 3:38
  7. "Along the Road" - 4:18
  8. "Haunted" - 4:44
  9. "Winter is Coming" - 4:24
  10. "Sleepwalking" - 4:43
  11. "Homesick" - 3:44
I'm selfish about this album. I want people to listen to it to experience it for themselves, yes, but I also want them to listen to it so that I can FINALLY have someone understand what I meant when I said that this album is "a summer soundtrack, a way to find yourself, and the audio embodiment of most of the emotions I've ever felt". Well not most. That might be a little extreme. Nonetheless, however, I give you my word on this one. It will change your life. It's got a great folkish accent to it which makes a lot of the interludes fantastic, but not to the point where you get the feeling that you are listening to strait up folk music, good or bad (sorry, Bon Iver). "Glory" and "Welcome Home" are seriously the #1 and #2 most played songs on my iTunes right now, it's absurd! Just listen to them, or go longboarding to them if you have the opportunity. I first found these guys in the "Western Sessions" youtube series by OriginalSkateboards, which is a pretty sweet longboarding channel on youtube. Anyway. Go listen. I've got finals to deal with.