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	The Black Ghosts
	[ARTIST ALBUM]
	Artist: The Black Ghosts Label: Southern Fried Records Date: 14.07.08
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Following a string of acclaimed EPs and a very well received mixtape compilation, The Black Ghosts album has finally arrived – and it was well worth the wait.

The self-titled ‘The Black Ghosts’ is the debut album collaboration from The Black Ghosts, two of the most prolific individuals in the music scene - Simon Lord (ex Simian Mobile Disco guest vocalist, aka Lord Skywave) and Theo Keating (The Wiseguys, aka Touche).

The Black Ghost's ballads concern the unavoidably grim flipside of love. "The music is about how horrible people can be to other people" says Simon. "There are some terribly dark aspects of being in a relationship - it can bring out the worst in you. There's a trauma to being in love, and I don't mean just the control it can exert - there are the selfish expectations, and the things you'll do to get out of relationships, plus the justifications you'll find for that."

Theo adds, "They're slightly psychotic torch songs… love songs, but hardly of the 'Baby, let's be together' variety. You never get that sense of blind rage that relationships can so easily produce, for example, in pop songs normally."

‘Any Way You Choose to Give It’ , the LP's dance floor stormer, finds its protagonist in an unenviable, but familiar position - feeling randy, but racked with doubt and cynicism. " I challenge you to make the wrong move " sings Simon, outraged by the object of his lust's supposed perfection. On ‘Some Way Through Thi’s , The Black Ghosts become tormented by the faulty human instinct to make mutual happiness as difficult to achieve as possible. While Theo's electronic orchestra stabs with an assassin's grace, Simon implores the source of his frustration that he " Will do whatever it takes to put a smile upon your face " and laments that it's only " If my hands were around your throat would you tell me what I need to know ." During ‘It's Your Touch’ , a casual cynic tries to reason out his new found love, only settling for a base, feral attraction as convincing enough stimulus. "I guess you're wondering what I'm doing for you… And I guess that I'm wondering quite the same thing…" Simon drawls, exasperated, as Theo's West Coast folk-rock accompaniment exudes louche indulgence and a dangerous wistfulness.

"Music, to me, has to have a certain atmosphere, whether it's about pain or happiness," says Theo. So if you feel your world could do with an undercurrent of intrigue - or your discotheque needs haunting - just call The Black Ghosts.