Love is a Dream – Lonesome Ghost (Free Download / Download EP)
Golden Cage – Lonesome Ghost (Free Download / Download EP)
Lonesome Ghost’s debut EP, None of These Songs are About You, or Anyone You Know, released on February 8, is a springtime miracle. There’s always that one band who releases an album at the end of winter that makes you want to shed your gloves and scarves and run into the sun. This year, for me at least, it’s Dallas natives, Lonesome Ghost.
The young, raw quartet comprised of Matt Callison (guitar, vocals), Tanner Robertson (guitar, vocals), Austin Gregg (bass), and Byron Mitchell (drums) hasn’t really made their rounds yet; they have yet to tour, and have only played a handful of shows in the Dallas area. This has no bearing on their ability to craft a beautifully produced EP with their first attempt. Listening to this album will warm your skin after a winter of blistering cold and never-ending blizzards. After hearing this record, I challenge you to suppress your burning desire to ride your bicycle in the park and peddle in stride to the playful, upbeat melodies of “Love is a Dream.”
The EP begins perfectly with the smooth dreamlike song, “Golden Cage”. With playful tropical guitar riffs, you’ll want to get in your car, roll the windows down, and sing along to, “here comes the rain, make my day, wanna stay at home, never wanna go, live in a cage, my golden cage.” Whether you’re at home, at the beach, or in the park, if you play this song it will take you to a golden haven. The song itself surrounds you, and takes you where you need to go.
The album was created in the “sun-faded” suburbs of Dallas, and all four songs on the EP easily support this claim. The soft strumming of guitars and the slow beat of the drums bring you back to the time of your first summer love. The lyrics in the song “I Was Only Trying To” linger in the air even when the song is finished like some nostalgic swoon trap. As they sing “when the winter’s winds have died and all the leaves go green on the trees, you’ll find I was only trying to catch you like the falling star you are, to me,” you forget the name of the album and start to think this is about you, or someone you know.
