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Paperback Ghosts
Rock · 2014 · 12 tracks · 45m

Paperback Ghosts

Comet Gain

A hushed collection of literary indie pop. Acoustic guitars and ghostly pianos create a fragile, autumnal atmosphere of lost loves and faded memories.

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It's like reading a collection of sad short stories in a room full of dying sunlight.

A fragile, autumnal collection of songs that feel like whispered secrets and faded memories.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 45m
01
Long After Tonite's Candles Are Blown
4:50
02
'Sad Love' and Other Short Stories
4:12
03
Behind the House She Lived In
2:19
04
Wait 'til December
4:09
05
Breaking Open the Head, Part I
3:54
06
The Last Love Letter
4:30
07
Sixteen Oh Four
2:05
08
(All the) Avenue Girls
2:34
09
Your Haunted Heart
2:59
10
Far From the Pavilion
4:33
11
An Orchid Stuck Inside Her Throat
3:14
12
Confessions of a Daydream
6:13
Moments Worth Waiting For
The fragile piano melody that anchors the opening track, setting a ghostly and cinematic tone for the record.
The sudden swell of vocal harmonies on 'Wait 'til December' that feels like a brief burst of warmth in a cold room.
The sprawling six-minute closer where the instrumentation slowly dissolves into a hazy, ambient daydream.
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