Ghostland Observatory is an Austin band igniting a massive explosion. Their dizzying rise over the last few months has seen their transition from obscurity to buzz band. The first taste of watching Ghostland Observatory live will leave no doubt as to why. You will salivate long afterwards.
On February 19th [2005] at Gallery Lombardi, Ghostland Observatory is getting ready to play a private party. Having played in small clubs around town, tonight’s will be the largest crowd in front of which they have ever performed. They move through the crowd with easy anonymity as the opening band plays. Around midnight, they take the stage.
The crowd had been milling in and out of the large bay doors in the front all night, but with the opening salvo of Thomas Turner’s, there was a noticeable surge to the front. By the end of the second song, few remained outside, and the crowd had packed so close to the front that some shared the front of the stage with frontman Aaron Behrens. After the show, the anonymity of earlier in the evening had disappeared. Before even having a chance to strike their equipment from the stage and continually for the rest of the night, the Ghostland guys are swarmed with new fans.
It’s March 31st at The Velvet Spade for at the Fischerspooner CD release party put on by Indierect Music Incubator, Overture, and Capitol Records. It is clear that word has spread. A small crowd quickly swells to well over three hundred in a short time before Ghostland Observatory takes the stage. The word on everyone’s tongue is “Ghostland,” and tonight will be the first show for most of them.
The Ghostland charges with their mixture of electronic dance beats and driving guitars. Turner’s tight, powerful drumming and electronics wizardry give Behrens all the inspiration he needs to wrap the crowd around his finger. He struts and preens. He delivers the songs with enthralling intensity and loosely jokes between songs. Everyone dances. Girls scream and swoon. At the end of a relentless set, the crowd screams for more and presses the stage to ask for CDs, t-shirts, mailing lists, anything.
The phenomenon can only continue to grow. The debut LP, delete.delete.i.eat.meat..., will be available on Indierect Records on April 23rd [2005], but, at press time, pre-orders taken over the Indierect website have already been piling up for a month. The album release party will take place at The Ritz on April 23rd with local psychedelic favorites The Black Angels. The show is without a doubt one of the biggest on the local scene so far this year. Catch this band up close while you still can.
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