Santa Rosa, CA based artist That Ghost releases debut on twosyllable records.

Watch "Open Windows" video:

Imagine a room decorated with only the essentials: five guitars (two electric, three acoustic), various unidentified instruments, and a recording box, surrounded by a maze of tangled cords. Welcome to the studio of That Ghost, eighteen-year-old Ryan Schmale of Sonoma County, California. The lo-fi quality of his songs is intriguing. The arrangements are distorted, unexpected. Listen to a few songs and one might think it is the sound of three or four musicians. This is not the case. What the listener hears is one extremely passionate person who has something to say. By the age of seventeen, That Ghost had already self-released three full-length CDs.

'Young Fridays' is That Ghost's first full-length on twosyllable records. The songs, born out of the lazy days of summer, burrow themselves in your head in a way only perfect pop songs can. Operating in the footsteps of lo-fi bedroom artists before him, That Ghost will undoubtedly garner comparisons to Elliot Smith, Ben Gibbard, Robert Pollard, Ariel Pink, and current indie lo-fi faves. From the opening door at the top of the album, to the last strum of an acoustic guitar, this record is bound to find its way into collectors' and teenie-boppers' hands alike.

Tracklist

1. When There Is No One Else To Sing To You Sing To Yourself
2. Open Windows
3. I Crossed Out The Options
4. A Song About A Bird I Know
5. Bedside
6. Never Have Fun
7. Top Shelf
8. I Can't Help It And I Can't Stop It
9. Far Trail And The Old Porch
10. Friends in Quotations
11. Going Out When It's Warm At Night

2008 CMJ (NYC) Appearances:

10/24 7pm - Todd P outdoor show @ Continental Army Plaza (Roebling and S.4th)
10/25 3pm - CapeShok @ Cake Shop (Upstairs) w/ Kristen Ketsjer, Hologram
10/25 10pm - twosyllable records/True Panther Sounds showcase @ Pianos w/Suckers, Lemonade, Inlets, Continental Divide, Bell(DJ Set), Glasser, DJ Pumpkin Patch

For more music and information, go to:

That Ghost MySpace