Dead Mellotron - Ghost Light Constellation EP (2009)

Genre : Indie,Rock,Shoegaze,Garage,Psychedelic,Lo-Fi
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Tracklist

1 Nothing I Ever Imagined
2 I Woke Up
3 I Hate the Way...
4 Heart Flutter
5 Dress Rehearsal
6 Untitled
7 Shame
8 Ghost Light Constellation

Dead Mellotron have a MySpace page and an EP available for free download, and that’s about all they offer to the outside world in the way of information. The MySpace profile gives only the name Frazier and the location Louisiana, so it’s pretty obvious we’ve got a hermitic one-man bedroom project on our hands, and a chance to check in on one of the little guys putting their stuff out there despite the unlikely odds that it will be noticed. The catchy tunes and home-cooked production on Ghost Light Constellation make it pretty easy to root for the underdog.

Ghost Light Constellation starts in a rather unassuming way as shakers and some chugging guitar introduce lead track “Nothing I Ever Imagined”. Soon we hear a voice that sounds reminiscent of Ian Brown from The Stone Roses singing from the next room over. There’s no understanding the words, but that’s alright because it sounds great. Bring in some booming drums and a Pixies-esque lead guitar line to drive the song home and this 30-minute EP is off to a nice start. Second and third tracks “I Woke Up” and “I Hate the Way Things Are” keep the booming drums but drop the garage-rock pretenses in favor of a more vertical songwriting approach. These could both sit comfortably next to anything from M83’s 80’s loving Saturdays=Youth material. In sound “I Woke Up” is quite a bit like the languid parts of The Cure’s mid-period output, particularly “A Night Like This” or “The Same Deep Water As You”, while “I Hate the Way Things Are” ramps things up a little with a bright, arena-ready keyboard part Europe would be proud of while the plodding bass and lead guitar sound like Young Team-era Mogwai playing through the Cocteau Twins’ equipment. “Heart Flutter” follows and is a short, moody transition that keeps the heavy and pensive mood intact and introduces more overtly electronic elements.-Source