A really good friend of mine lamented to me that he couldn't find any Ghost Mice online! I was delighted to revisit one of my favorite bands ever.
Ghost Mice is... gah. So wonderful, amazing, simple, meaningful, witty, catchy, poetic, blunt, I gotta stop... far to many adjectives. Its a boy and a girl, a guitar and a violin, two voices neither perfect nor produced and an independant view on life. Folk punk, some may call it, but its so special that I don't like labelling it. I love Ghost Mice with all my soul.
This is a concept album with an amazing story behind it. Jumping a plane to Europe, Chris and Hannah of Ghost Mice made no plans whatsoever. No reservations, no tourist crap. They thought, "lets survive on the kindess of strangers and the beats of our hearts" Survive they did, and they wrote a song for every city, country, and spot they visited. At times filled with joy and at others utterly heartbreaking, this is a raw and emotionally powered album. This is two real souls sharing very real experiances, from wandering France broke to crashing in the house of a fan they sent CD's to. The music may seem a bit simplistic, but I don't care. Its amazing, and a true joy to hear.
01. England
02. English Channel
03. Belgium
04. Holland
05. Germany
06. Switzerland
07. Italy
08. Spain
09. France
10. Celtic Sea
11. Ireland
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