Dead Man's Bones

When Shields and Gosling met in 2005 they discovered a mutual obsession with the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland. Zach was so preoccupied with ghosts as a kid that he was put into therapy, and Gosling's parents moved out of his childhood home because they believed it was haunted. Neither of them had really outgrown their fascination with graveyards or anything deathly and decided to write love stories about ghosts and monsters.

The pair chose to play all the instruments on the record, even those they had never touched before. They also imposed rules on themselves during the recording process, such as not playing with a click track, and trying to do no more than three takes on any song, letting any imperfections highlight the strengths of the music.{{cite web|title=Dead Man's Bones Sign To ANTI|url=http://www.anti.com/press/dead-mans-bones-sign-to-anti/|publisher=ANTI-|access-date=April 10, 2014|date=December 3, 2009}} On December 25, 2008, Dead Man's Bones released a music video and free download for their song "In the Room Where You Sleep",{{cite web|last=taylorblue|title=Ryan Gosling Debuts His First Music Video|url=http://www.theinsider.com/news/1469771_Ryan_Gosling_Debuts_His_First_Music_Video|work=The Insider|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc.|access-date=April 11, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127131432/http://www.theinsider.com/news/1469771_Ryan_Gosling_Debuts_His_First_Music_Video|archivedate=November 27, 2009|date=December 26, 2008}} and on April 4, 2009, the band released another music video for their song "Name in Stone" on MySpace and YouTube. The self-titled debut album from the band featured members of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music's children's choir and was released on October 6, 2009, through ANTI- and was produced by Tim Anderson of Ima Robot.{{Cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11480-my-bodys-a-zombie-for-you/ |title=Pitchfork: The Playlist: Dead Man's Bones – "My Body's a Zombie For You" |website=Pitchfork |access-date=July 24, 2011 |archive-date=January 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106230238/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11480-my-bodys-a-zombie-for-you/ |url-status=dead }} Gosling and Shields also toured around the United States for fall/Halloween 2009{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/36293-dead-mans-bones-ryan-gosling-and-zach-shields-announce-first-tour/|title=Dead Man's Bones (Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields) Announce First Tour|date=August 21, 2009|website=Pitchfork.com|access-date=July 29, 2023}} with a local choir and talent show at every show to rave reviews.{{Cite web |url=http://beatcrave.com/2010-06-29/dead-man%E2%80%99s-bones-concert-review/ |title=Dead Man's Bones: Concert Review |access-date=July 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006011547/http://beatcrave.com/2010-06-29/dead-man%E2%80%99s-bones-concert-review/ |archive-date=October 6, 2011 |url-status=dead }} Each children's choir was similar to Silverlake Conservatory Children's Choir with whom they recorded the album.{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2010/06/30/dead-mans-bones-reinvent-the-concert-experience-627/|title=Dead Man's Bones reinvent the concert experience (6/27) |website=Consequence.net|access-date=July 29, 2023}} In 2010, they released two other music videos for tracks: "Dead Hearts"{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPtcZrDxGsY|title=Dead Man's Bones – "Dead Hearts"|access-date=July 29, 2023|via=YouTube}} and "Pa Pa Power".{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/14670017|title=PA PA POWER – DEAD MANS BONES|first=Noaz|last=Deshe|date=September 3, 2010|access-date=July 29, 2023|website=Vimeo.com}}

Gosling's use of a children's choir was cited as inspiration for blackened death metal band Behemoth to do the same on their 2018 album I Loved You at Your Darkest.{{cite web |last1=DIVITA |first1=JOE |title=RYAN GOSLING INSPIRED BEHEMOTH TO USE A KIDS CHOIR ON NEW ALBUM |url=http://loudwire.com/ryan-gosling-inspired-behemoth-kids-choir-new-album/ |website=Loudwire |date=August 23, 2018 |access-date=August 25, 2018}} They have also been cited as an influence on Our Time Down Here.{{cite journal |title=Interview with Our Time Down Here |journal=Sound Magazine |date=November 2, 2011}}

In the closing credits of the 2013 French film, Age of Panic, the Dead Man's Bones song "Lose Your Soul" is featured.{{cite news|last=Turner|first=Kent|title=Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2014|url=http://film-forward.com/foreign/french/comedy/rendez-vous-with-french-cinema-2014|access-date=April 10, 2014|newspaper=Film-Forward|date=March 10, 2014}} The song "In the Room Where You Sleep" was included in the soundtrack of the 2013 film, The Conjuring.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1457767/soundtrack/|title=The Conjuring (2013) – Soundtracks |website=IMDb.com|access-date=July 29, 2023}}

1. "Intro"
2. "Dead Hearts"
3. "In the Room Where You Sleep"
4. "Buried in Water"
5. "My Body's a Zombie for You"
6. "Pa Pa Power"
7. "Young & Tragic"
8. "Paper Ships"
9. "Lose Your Soul"
10. "Werewolf Heart"
11. "Dead Man's Bones"
12. "Flowers Grow out of My Grave"

• Ryan Gosling – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards
• Zach Shields – vocals, drums, percussion, guitar
• Shiviah Silvah – assistant engineer

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20091012180116/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/10/06/video-premiere-dead-mans-bones-haunting-dead-hearts/ Video Premiere: Dead Man's Bones' Haunting "Dead Hearts" – Rolling Stone]
• Dead Man's Bones performing "Name In Stone" at a cemetery with L.A. Inner Mass Choir and the Silverlake Conservatory Children's Choir: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEvF7qUf2Pc/ Dead Man's Bones: Name In Stone on YouTube]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGakxDyjwzc&feature=player_embedded/ In The Room Where You Sleep (Wrap Party Live Video)]
• [https://twitter.com/deadmansbones/ Dead Man's Bones] at [https://twitter.com/deadmansbones/ Twitter]
• [http://www.last.fm/music/Dead+Man's+Bones/ Dead Man's Bones] at [http://www.last.fm/music/Dead+Man's+Bones/ Last.fm]
• [http://www.anti.com/artists/dead-mans-bones/ Dead Man's Bones] at [http://www.anti.com/artists/dead-mans-bones/ ANTI]
• Ryan Gosling at the [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331516/ Internet Movie Database]

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