This has already been posted by a few other folks, but the debut album by Hidden Ghost Balloon Ship is now available as a free download from Romantic Air Recordings.  You should click here right now and enjoy it if you haven’t already.

Hidden Ghost Balloon Ship is Suburban Sprawl alumnus Trevor Naud (Zoos of Berlin, PASCAL, ex-Red Shirt Brigade) playing various instruments and the talented LTD (PASCAL) laying down the beats.  The album was made in a method similar to the EmNews songs for the Suburban Sprawl Holiday comps: First the drums are recorded without any specific song in mind, then Trevor takes those drums and manipulates them to fit whatever song he hears.  Random fact: some of the beats on the record were recorded by LTD in a massive, empty warehouse.

As far as I know, the band has only played one live show to date, at last year’s Zombie Dance Party.  When preparing for the performance, they realized they couldn’t reproduce their album live, so they debuted all new material.  Here’s one song from that show that I taped on my camera.  As you’ll see, the Zombie Dance Party is a costumed event.  (I was dressed as Big Bird, in case you were wondering.)