Ghosting Season
Ghosting Season is an electronic music band from Manchester, UK.[http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/approved-ghosting-season/ "Approved: Ghosting Season"] | Complete Music Update. Andy Malt | 3 April 2012[https://beatsperminute.com/reviews/album-review-ghosting-season-the-very-last-of-the-saints/ "Ghosting Season The Very Last Of The Saints"]. Beats per minute, By Will Ryan; June 15, 2012 They also operate a small recording label, "This is It Forever".[http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/approved-lucy-claire/ "Approved: Lucy Claire"]. Complete Music Update, By Andy Malt | 20 August 2013
History
The band was started in early 2011 by Gavin Miller and Thomas Ragsdale, and was originally a spin off from the electronic group worriedaboutsatan,[http://www.drunkenwerewolf.com/interviews/interview-ghosting-season/ Interview: Ghosting Season – DrunkenWerewolf][http://thequietus.com/articles/09203-ghosting-season-the-very-last-of-the-saints-review "Reviews: Ghosting Season The Very Last Of The Saints"]. The Quietus, Simon Jay Catling, June 28th, 2012 and plays similar music but with rhythms more suitable for dancing.[http://www.futuresequence.com/article/review-ghosting-season-far-end-of-the-graveyard/ "Ghosting Season - Far End of the Graveyard"]. Future Sequence, The band initially self-released two EPs: 'Far End Of The Graveyard',{{cite web|last=Law|first=Seb|title=Introducing: Ghosting Season|url=http://www.planetnotion.com/2011/06/13/introducing-ghosting-season/|work=Interview|publisher=Planet Notion|accessdate=2 October 2012}} and the 'Far End Of The Graveyard Remixes'.{{cite web|last=Gibb|first=Rory|title=EXCLUSIVE: Ghosting Season/Nedry|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/07109-ghosting-season-nedry-remix|work=Track review|publisher=The Quietus|accessdate=2 October 2012}}
Their debut album, 'The Very Last Of The Saints' was released in 2012 by Last Night On Earth, the imprint started by Sasha,[http://www.thefourohfive.com/music/review/ghosting-season-the-very-last-of-the-saints "Ghosting Season - The Very Last of the Saints"]. The 405, by Jonathan Greer, 09 May 2012 to a generally positive critical response.{{cite web|last=Cooke|first=Robert|title=83598 Ghosting Season: The Very Last Of The Saints|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16994/reviews/4144937|work=Review|publisher=Drowned in Sound|accessdate=2 October 2012|archive-date=8 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908002851/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16994/reviews/4144937|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last=Pishnery |first=Keith |title=Ghosting Season, The Very Last Of The Saints |url=http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/review/ghosting-season-the-very-last-of-saints/ |work=Review |publisher=Little White Earbuds |accessdate=2 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014115440/http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/review/ghosting-season-the-very-last-of-saints/ |archivedate=14 October 2012 }}{{cite web|last=Ryce|first=Andrew|title=Ghosting Season - The Very Last Of The Saints|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=11011|work=Review|publisher=Resident Advisor|accessdate=2 October 2012}}[http://newsflash.bigshotmag.com/reviews/music-reviews/19787/ "Album Review: Ghosting Season / ‘The Very Last of the Saints’ (Last Night on Earth)"]. Big Shot, May 17, 2012
The singles 'Far End Of The Graveyard' and 'A Muffled Sound Of Voices' brought the band to a larger audience thanks to radio airplay.{{cite web|last=Laverne|first=Lauren|title=BBC Radio 6 Music - Playlists|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012h8sx|work=Playlist|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2 October 2012}} XFM DJ Mary Anne Hobbs later featured a guest mix from the band on her Saturday evening show{{cite web|last=Hobbs|first=Mary Anne|title=Mary Anne Hobbs - Playlists|url=http://www.xfm.co.uk/onair/djs/mary-anne-hobbs-playlists|work=Tracklisting|publisher=XFM|accessdate=2 October 2012}}
The band are particularly known for their live shows, as they use a mixture of more traditional instrumentation such as guitars and vocals, with electronic elements like laptops and Roland SPD-S drum pads.{{cite web|last=Hall|first=Josh|title=Ghosting Season – Lock Tavern, London 18/09/11|url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/live/ghosting-season-lock-tavern-london-180911-71508|work=Review|publisher=The Line of Best Fit|accessdate=2 October 2012}}
In 2013, the band toured the UK,[http://thefourohfive.com/news/article/video-tour-diary-ghosting-season Video Tour Diary: Ghosting Season]. The FourOhFive[http://www.londoninstereo.com/live-review-ghosting-season-the-slow-revolt/ "The Dance Tunnel – 31/5/13"]. London in Stereo. Jess Partridge. including a performance at the "Sounds from the Other City" concert in Salford.
In 2014, the band released a library of sound samples that it had created.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150220075747/http://soundbytesmag.net/soundinvestments-2014-11/ "Ginno’s Sound Investments"]}}. Sound Bytes, by Ginno Legaspi, Nov. 2014