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TERRASCOPE UK says: "wistful psych-pop brilliance"AMPLIFIERmAGAZINE says: "QUIXOTICISM is a hell of a debut!"BABYsUE says: "Most musicians would spend their entire career trying to come up with something this good. Although he has played with other folks (Fruit Bats, The Joggers, Colin Meloy), this is Ron's first solo voyage. This album is...absolutely incredible."SMOTHER says: "Arming himself with dynamic choruses, whirling pop melodies, and fantastically stripped down song structures, Ghost Stories manages to be at the crux of what every wannabe studio engineer should strive towards."HEROhILL says: "Well, for the first time in a long time, I think I've found a record worth the unlimited praise we all tend to deliver. Ghost Stories upcoming release, Quixoticism, is an amazing collection of bedroom melodies...Ron manages to create crunchy rockers, bedroom symphonies, and everything else in between."SHAKEyOURfIST says:"One-man bedroom band Ron Lewis veers erratically between melancholy and elation, abject chin-to-the-floor guitar strum and effervescent hands-to-the-sky electronic keys and bells and whistles."
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Member Since: 12/05/2005
Band Website: www.sonicboomrecordings.com/ghoststories
Band Members: Ron Lewis...Adam Fream...Adam Howrey...Jason Albertini . Jonathan Rothman ****************************** Jamie Henkensiefken ****************************** German Nuestro ****************************** Curtis Hall ****************************** Andy Fitts ****************************** Steve Haruch ****************************** Joseph Woods ****************************** Mitchell Leffler ****************************** Joe Rufa ****************************** Robert Mercer ****************************** Randall Skrasek ******************************
Influences: the chirps of birds, the sound of an empty house, the noise that happens when you rub the lip of a wine glass, planes flying overhead, garbage trucks backing into my driveway, the way a steady drizzle pings and pangs on pots, pans and aluminum chairs
Sounds Like: the sounds of the Ghost Stories Band
Record Label: Sonic Boom Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Pitchfork Review, so it goes, I can't NOT put it up, right?

.. Ghost StoriesQuixoticism[Sonic Boom; 2007]Rating: 6.1.... Ron Lewis, aka Ghost Stories, is a folk-rock hybrid content to try every pleasure-seeking trick in the indie reference book. And it comes...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:13:00 GMT

Two-Way Monologes

GHOST STORIESQUIXOTICISM (2007)Raw but meticulous, gentle yet erratic -- two phrases I would associate with the songwriting power of Ron Lewis. Formerly of the Fruit Bats, among other projects, Lewis ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:43:00 GMT

!!!!BerkeleyPlaceReview!!!!

GHOST STORIES-QUIXOTICISMFans of Bishop Allen and Sufjan will admire Ghost Stories for the twee factor, but folks (like me) who prefer a little more bite to their music will admire the band's use of h...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:54:00 GMT

/////Playback STL Review\\\\\

..> Ghost Stories | Quixoticism (Sonic Boom Recordings) ..> ..> Written by Jeremy Goldmeier Whatever comparisons one wants to applyand jeez, there's so many trendy artists out...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:44:00 GMT

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..> Ghost Stories QuixoticismSonic Boom Recordingswww.sonicboomrecordings.com/ghoststories/ Two words alternately describe this album, brilliance and blah. The album follows along the same...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:41:00 GMT

$$$Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority says we totally rip$$$

Ghost StoriesQuixoticism(Sonic Boom)By Michael EdwardsFebruary 08, 2007 Joining the list of artists with misleading names is Ghost Stories, the moniker adopted by Ron Lewis. Rather than the dark, ethe...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:46:00 GMT

===KeXP BloggJamz===

Song of the Day - Ghost Stories Photo courtesy of Ghost Stories, by Seth Francis Mannino Every Monday-Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. The podcas...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:43:00 GMT

:: The Stranger ::

Ghost Stories is Ron Lewis, a multi-instrumentalist who has honed his chops playing with Fruit Bats, the Joggers, and Colin Meloy. Quixoticism (on local Sonic Boom Recordings) is his debut album, and ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:59:00 GMT

>Americana UK<

Ghost Stories "Quixoticism" (Sonic Boom 2007)"Tilting at Windmills" soundtracked to perfection'Utterly regardless of material interests in comparison with honour and devotion.' With a title such as 'Q...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:15:00 GMT

((((SPIN.COM artist of the day))))

GHOST'>http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2007/01/070131_ ghoststories/">GHOST STORIES BAND FEATURED AS SPIN.COM's ARTIST OF THE DAY Artist of the Day Ghost Stories January 31, 2007 Ghost...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:38:00 GMT