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Background Music
Give Up the Ghost
Background Music
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
 
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This is the re-release of the album Background Music. The band changed it's name to Give Up The Ghost after the original American Nightmare, a band based outside of Philadelphia, objected to the use of their name and trad...  more »

     
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All Artists: Give Up the Ghost
Title: Background Music
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Equal Vision Records
Release Date: 6/3/2003
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: Hardcore & Punk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 794558106221

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This is the re-release of the album Background Music. The band changed it's name to Give Up The Ghost after the original American Nightmare, a band based outside of Philadelphia, objected to the use of their name and trademark. Give Up The Ghost has shaped a sound and aesthetic that's identifiable and contextual. The immediate emulation of their sound and image by their peers clearly illustrates the point. The bands founding members, Tim Cossar and Wes Eisold , weren't just fans of hardcore music, they were steeped in its history. Cossar was a member of Ten Yard Fight whom Eisold had roadied for on many of their national tours. Hardcore would be the framework for their band, the thin lined sketch that they would fill in with colorful lyrics, genre bending song structures and an image new to the genre. Instead of adhering to the tight confines of punk and hardcore Give Up The Ghost let their diverse musical tastes permeate their songs. Initially you might not see the link to Archers Of Loaf, Joy Division, Pulp, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Morrissey, Fugazi, Lifetime or My Bloody Valentine in GUTG's sound, but its there. Give Up The Ghost will continue to redefine and challenge who and what they are visually, musically, and spiritually and they are taking an entire scene along for the ride.

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You have my heart
Johnny Lonesone | 02/24/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Background Music is amazing. American Nightmare (or "Give up the Ghost") just seems to get it. The record is hard fast and edgy, and Lead singer Wes Eisold really makes you beleive him. Lyrically, I don't know if anyone has so accuartly described heartbreak and depression quite like Wes has. From the first songs "We're dropping coins into dead payphones to hear the sound of our voice and just know were alone." to the last four words of the record. "you have my heart." Background music will captivate you, make you angry, and make you cry. What else could you possibly want from an album?"