GHOSTRAIN

PRAISE FOR THE NEW ALBUM "Let the Record Show" - ............................................................ ...................................................... ............................................................ ......................................................"...Gu stafson's style is satisfyingly irregular, veering off in unexpected directions while maintaining a clear but flexible sense of form. The songs capture the listener with their melancholy: a hypnotic quality comparable to Townes Van Zandt's early work. Ghostrain is an exercise in appropriation that draws on a pirates booty of sound and sentiment." - Exclaim! 2006 ............................................................ ...................................................... ............................................................ ......................................................"... While "Let The Record Show" could have remained a decent album within these parameters, it’s Gustafson’s experimental tendencies during the album’s second half that really set it apart. Tracks like “The Modern Age” find Ghostrain toying with organs, synthesizers and funk influences to augment his somber atmospherics... By letting his artistic leanings take the reigns, Gustafson has not only created an album that must be listened to entirely, he has also broken the cycle of mimicry so common among contemporaries." -The Gateway 2006........................................................ .......................................................... ............................................................ ......................................................KIND WORDS FOR THE DEBUT ALBUM "The 7th and Carolina Tapes" -........................................................... ....................................................... ............................................................ ......................................................"Ghost rain is Luke Gustafson, whose songs emerge from his bedroom studio...Gustafsons sensibility spans a folk to funk spectrum, yet he is subtle and unpredictable. Just when you foresee a hook or turn of phrase, its spun a different way. His sound is bare bones and he plays every song on his own, but where did the ghost go?...Will Ghostrain now reappear? A shiver up the spine says I hope so." -Exclaim! 2005 ............................................................ ...................................................... ............................................................ ......................................................"There 's no music out there at least in this city thats really like it. It draws on a folky funky thing that i dont usually groove, on except the way he does it." -Georgia Straight 2005 ............................................................ ...................................................... ............................................................ ......................................................"A creative stripped down menagerie of blues, folk and funk... One of those records where one guy (in this case Luke Gustafson) plays everything and does it well." - Bush Party Records ............................................................ ...................................................... ............................................................ ......................................................"GHOST RAIN - Let the Record Show" available at: Soundscapes, Toronto Red Cat Records, Vancouver