BROOKLYN IS HOME TO THOUSANDS OF DIY BANDS, I’D BET I’M NOT EXAGGERATING. THE CYCLE CONTINUES AS BAND AFTER BAND BEGS FOR AN AUDIENCE, PLAYING EVERY WEEKEND, SHOOTING FOR STARDOM. THE HONEST TRUTH IS THAT A CITY WITH SO MUCH TO OFFER MAKES FOR A HARD SELL. BUT, ONE LITTLE STUDIO AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF PROSPECT HAS REVITALIZED THE SCENE AND AMASSED A FOLLOWING UNLIKE ANY COLLECTIVE HAS SEEN IN YEARS. THE SHOWS ARE PACKED, THE RECORDINGS ARE UNIQUE AND FROM A MORE GRAND PERSPECTIVE, THE PHILOSOPHY IS UNDENIABLE.
LOCAL HEROES: FRONTED BY DIY PIONEER, OLIVER IGNATIUS, ONE OF BROOKLYN’S MOST INSTRUMENTALLY HONEST BANDS HAS PLANTED THE SEED FOR FOLLOWERS ALONG THE FAMILY. HIS STUDIO, MAMA COCO’S FUNKY KITCHEN, IS A TESTAMENT TO QUALITY CONTROL WITHIN THE DIY SCENE. RUN BY IGNATIUS, THE STUDIO HAS HAND SELECTED THE PERFORMERS INCLUDED IN “THE FAMILY” AND REFINED A SOUND THROUGH THEIR OWN BAND- GHOST PAL.
Ghost Pal was the very first DIY band I ever knew besides my own. In a long conversation, meeting Ignatius for the first time as introduced by Mark Fletcher, Oliver outlined principles for home recording that sparked the original cravings which later became Dingus. It was in this singular moment that I realized there was a whole world uploading self-published music to the internet for mass consumption- there just wasn’t any mass. So, we set out to create it. We organized our first show, No More Love and opened the blog. The hunt had begun and for the next year and a half, the daily grind of sifting through Bandcamp would become our reality.
At the time, Ghost Pal was just a bedroom project, recorded purely by Ignatius and releasing in a singles format for nearly a year. ’Space Race’ was my introduction and instantly my ears were hooked. I immediately knew that I was staring a genius in the face- and that’s a rare honor. Giving sage-like advise in musical form, Ghost Pal moved on to release a long line of tracks that would eventually be compiled into GHOST PAL ONE and GHOST PAL TWO. The presentation was flawless- the game played perfectly as blogs clamored to write up every individual track.
The bands first multitrack release was the Extended Family EP which marked the conception of the Ghost Pal we know today, the Ghost Pal that gave us Nathan Jones is Dead, the most flawless concept album that exists within the DIY, period. That is, a large format, instrumentally diverse band that takes every opportunity to pull friends onto stage for long jams, masks their extreme intelligence within the confetti popping, drunkard lead party that they call home. It really was and always is a fucking party, and really the article should end here- followed by a series of players to get the point across:
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God Save MCFK by Ghost Pal (Brooklyn, New York) 
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