Led by singer/composer and multi-instrumentalist Nate Wilson, GHOSTS OF JUPITER achieved
regional success with their self-titled debut release. The album was received with critical acclaim and was followed by live appearances with Blue Öyster Cult, moe., Robert Randolph and the Family Band, the Buffalo Killers and Dead Meadow.
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On their second independent full-length release 'The Great Bright Horses', due out in October of 2016,
The New England-based quintet?s latest effort draws upon the experimental flute-prog of Traffic and King Crimson, the exploratory elements of Meddle-era Pink Floyd, and the modern psychedelia of Tame Impala, Midlake, and Dungen.
Since forming in 2011, Ghosts of Jupiter have released 2 full-length albums, and an EP. In 2012 the band teamed up with Boston’s Museum of Science to create Ghosts of Jupiter: Music Experience, a music and animation project that recalled the laser-light shows of classic rock’s yesteryear. Ghosts of
Jupiter: Music Experience combines the band’s eponymous album with 45 minutes of animations created exclusively for the show. The show ran for over a year at the Charles Haydyn Planetarium an was featured at planetarium festivals in Auckland, NZ and Boulder, CO. The band has appeared live with Blue Oyster Cult, moe., Robert Randolph, Dead Meadow and the Buffalo Killers. The vinyl mastering was done from Patrick Stäudle ( SIRKUS ).
Discography
Unbound (2008), as Nate Wilson Group
Ghosts of Jupiter (2011)
Green Is Gold Vol. 1 (2013)
The Great Bright Horses (2016)
Keepers of the Newborn Green (2021)
GHOSTS OF JUPITER - GREEN IS GOLD, VOL. 1 (EP) 2013
The first half of Ghost of Jupiter’s follow-up album – one they never finished – in the form of a digital EP. This studio recording includes five new tracks.
1. Broken Arrow (4:18)
2. Evil (5:23)
3. Eagle (3:23)
4. You Don't Need to Cry (3:30)
5. On the March (3:57)
Total Time 20:31
Line-up / Musicians
Nate Wilson / vocals, keyboards, guitar
Adam Terrell / guitars
Thomas Arey / drums, percussion
Thomas Lada / bass
Jason Cohen / keyboards
MP3 @ 320 Size: 50 MB
Flac Size: 132 MB
GHOSTS OF JUPITER - KEEPERS OF THE NEWBORN GREEN 2021
This is already the third album of Ghosts Of Jupiter from Boston/USA, but the first one that will be available on vinyl. With the much anticipated follow up to their critically acclaimed 2016 release “The Great Bright Horses,” the Boston based neo psychedelic-rock outfit led by singer/composer and multi-
instrumentalist Nate Wilson return with a sharply honed expansion on their varied sound - running the musical gamut between pastoral acid-tinged folk, mellotron and flute-laden prog explorations, ethereal vocal melodies steeped in lyrical mysticism, combined with a menacing dose of saucerful of secrets era Pink Floyd.
The ten songs featured on “Keepers of the Newborn Green” were mixed and engineered by Ghosts of Jupiter’s bassist Thomas Lada, utilizing the band’s mobile and home recording equipment during 2020’s pandemic.
GoJ’s drummer Tom Arey (Peter Wolf, J. Geils Band) supplied the basic tracks at the band’s studio in Allston MA, and all other elements were compiled remotely. Guitarist Adam Terrell recorded most of his parts from his home studio in VA, while Wilson worked on vocals, keyboards, guitar and flute
tracks at his home in Worcester, MA. Thematically the album reflects some of the unavoidable political upheaval of the past few years, in particular the 2nd track “Villians” juxtaposes earthy medieval folk sounds with a critique of the toxic segmented realities created by modern media. Other songs on the album, in particular “Imperium Waves,” and “On Bending Tides,” reflect the emotionally cathartic side effects that were born of the interruptions of our daily lives caused by the events of 2020. Track 7 “Sea of Madness” examines the influence of conspiracy theories, misinformation and anti-science sentiment that has made its way to the forefront of modern culture in recent years.
This isn't an album of about reinventing or even recapturing the past, it's an album that tries to present
what music's past was always capable of, whether contemporary audiences believe that or not. That's immediately apparent on the opening track, “The Undertaking,” with Wilson's sweet, soothing vocals gliding over a fully-packed '60s folk-rock melody, flute winding in contrast to the singing.
Thematically the album reflects some of the unavoidable political upheaval of the past few years,
in particular the 2nd track ‘Villians’ juxtaposes earthy medieval folk sounds with a critique of the toxic segmented realities created by modern media. Other songs on the album, in particular ‘Imperium Waves’, and ‘On Bending Tides’, reflect the emotionally cathartic side effects that were born of the interruptions of our daily lives caused by the events of 2020. Track 7 ‘Sea of Madness’ examines the influence of conspiracy theories, misinformation and anti-science sentiment that has made its way to the forefront of modern culture in recent years.
Things become more pointed with the hard, classic country guitar line of “Villains,” giving way to a
flute-driven folk jangle, as Wilson sings, “And in the witching hour you’ll waken to find yourself downstream/Of all the poisoned war songs, imbeciles, peddlers and false schemes/The villain on the TV leaves you longing for the silence that you used to know.” This is a modern lyric, referencing a modern phenomenon, and the stylings frame the picture, rather than obscure it. [Victor D. Infante - Worcester Magazine]
The ten songs featured on ‘Keepers of the Newborn Green’ were mixed and engineered by Ghosts of
Jupiter’s bassist Thomas Lada, utilizing the band’s mobile and home recording equipment during 2020’s pandemic. GoJ’s drummer Tom Arey (Peter Wolf, J. Geils Band) supplied the basic tracks at the band’s studio in Allston MA, and all other elements were compiled remotely. Guitarist Adam Terrell recorded most of his parts from his home studio in VA, while Wilson worked on vocals, keyboards, guitar and flute tracks at his home in Worcester, MA.
Label: Not On Label (Ghosts of Jupiter Self-released) – none
Format: Digital, Album
Released: Sep 2, 2021
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Distributed: (Limited Edition) Nasoni Records/Nasoni 22 Germany 2022
TRACKS
01. The Undertaking 4:09
02. Villains 3:14
03. On Bending Tides 3:42
04. The Wandrian 5:25
05. Northern Road 3:16
06. Sea Of Madness 6:06
07. Battlekat 5:03
08. Imperium Waves 2:15
09. Gustav 5:41
10. No Direction 3:39
Total Time 43:02
Line-up / Musicians
Nate Wilson: Vocals, Keyboards, Flute, Guitar.
Adam Terrell: Guitar.
Thomas Arey: Drums & Percussion.
Thomas Lada: Bass. Yahuba Garcia-Torres: Percussion tracks 2,9.
All songs written by Nate Wilson
Produced by Nate Wilson and Thomas Lada.
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Thomas Lada. Design: Robin Gnista.
With
Yahuba Garcia-Torres / percussion (2,9)
Emma Watson / handclaps (2,10)
VILLAINS
And in the witching hour
you’ll waken to find yourself downstream
Of all the poisoned war songs, imbeciles,
peddlers and false schemes
The villain on the TV leaves you
longing for the silence that you used to know.
you’ll waken to find yourself downstream
Of all the poisoned war songs, imbeciles,
peddlers and false schemes
The villain on the TV leaves you
longing for the silence that you used to know.
MP3 @ 320 Size: 101 MB
Flac Size: 273 MB
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