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January 12th, 2009

Apollo Ghosts – “Land of the Morning Calm…” Damn, I’m Smote

Apollo GhostsYet another debt of gratitude out to David B. for giving me a new song to put on repeat all day– a song that’ll hopefully tide me over while I wait for the full-length to arrive.

It comes from Vancouver’s Apollo Ghosts, who just put out their debut LP, Hastings Sunrise, in an edition of 300 on vinyl. This is one of those I times when I innocently opened up my browser, and the next thing I knew, I was slapped across the face with something great that I immediately couldn’t stop listening to. I played this track 2 or 3 times, was immediately compelled to order the album, and am now streaming the tracks on the Apollo Ghosts Myspace like a mothereffer. I love this.

::: Apollo Ghosts – “Land of the Morning Calm” :::

(Frontman Adrian Teacher’s solo work seems to be worth your time too; check out “St. Pierre and Miquelon” at CBC Radio 3.)

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6 Responses to “Apollo Ghosts – “Land of the Morning Calm…” Damn, I’m Smote”

  1. david b Says:
    January 12th, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    i’m glad i’m not the only one listening to this over and over again!

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