Member Since: 5/3/2008
Band Website: petghostproject.com/
Band Members: justin stivers and friends(on recordings)
LIVE GHOSTIES:
justin gonzales--bass/vox
mike green--git/vox
jake more--the skins/vox
Influences: i have really talented friends.
Sounds Like: "pet ghost project is the work/sounds of brooklynite, justin stivers. sometimes me thinks old school diy ethos are dead, but then along comes a chap like mr. stivers and his pet ghost project to warm the cockles of your ever blackening heart. justin records in a farmhouse in the middle of somewhere and in basements scattered throughout some of our finest cities, and his brand of glitchy noise pop/rock is just as contrasting. if ya dig the bedroom/closet charm of neutral milk hotel’s on avery island, dont pass up checkin pet ghost project."---------captain's dead
"Justin Stivers is the sole musician in the Pet Ghost Project. His rock sense is imaginative with alliterative choruses and dashing noise sculptures fitting righteously alongside his singer/songwriter poise. Somewhat simple songs turn out to be rather complex and dense as you listen to them the second time around—he doesn't evolve a song around easy to follow tempos and is not afraid of risks."-----------J-Sin, smother magazine
"let me tell you 'talent swims along these rocky shores!'. Perhaps the best part about the pet ghost project is the way he mixes ethereal vocals, his own guitar with tracks that like the tide in a coastal storm."------- Ryan's Smashing Life
"I cannot neglect to mention the out-and-out D.I.Y. feel of The Pet Ghost Project. No expenses were wasted in the creation of The Great Satisfactory, and while this may turn some listeners off, it strikes a true chord in me. The fact that a so complex and far-reaching album would be wrapped in a simple cover speaks volumes to Stivers’ confidence in the pure content of his sophomore album. That confidence is warranted." -------Independent Clauses.
"The record is noisepop (or noiseindierock, if such a category exists) at its best. Each song is loaded with crunch and grind but there’s enough hook and harmony that it doesn’t descend into the kind of blaring that annoys even the most tolerant of parents. Songs creep around inside the collages of sound, struggling to be heard inside the din. Here’s to hearing more from Pet Ghost Project."---------Berkely Press
Record Label: underling records
Type of Label: Indie