Snow Ghosts
{{Short description|British musical group}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
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| alias = {{hlist|Throwing Snow|Augustus Ghost|The Keep}}
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| years_active = 2008–present
| label = Houndstooth{{cite news |url= https://www.npr.org/2016/02/19/467134456/songs-we-love-snow-ghosts-undertow |title= Songs We Love: Snow Ghosts, 'Undertow' |date= 19 February 2016 |accessdate= 31 May 2016 |work= NPR |author= Piotr Orlov}}
| website = {{URL|snowghosts.net}}
| current_members = Ross Tones
Hannah Cartwright
Oliver Knowles
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Snow Ghosts is a British musical group active since 2008. As of 2020, they have released four studio albums and four EPs.
History
Producer Ross Tones (aka Throwing Snow) and vocalist Hannah Cartwright (aka Augustus Ghost) first met and started collaborating in 2008, having a shared interest in British folklore and experimental electronic music.{{Cite web|url = http://www.houndstoothlabel.com/artist/snow-ghosts|title = Snow Ghosts|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}
The first Snow Ghosts record, the Lost at Sea EP, was released through Black Acre Records in 2011.{{Cite web|url = http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/snow-ghosts-lost-at-sea-ep-black-acre/63516|title = SNOW GHOSTS Lost at Sea EP|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }} Following this initial release, Tones and Cartwright spent the next two years compiling their debut album, A Small Murmuration, which was released on London nightclub Fabric's record label Houndstooth in 2013.{{Cite web|title = Album Review: Snow Ghosts – A Small Murmuration|url = http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17729/reviews/4146588|accessdate = 1 April 2015|archive-date = 2 April 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103655/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17729/reviews/4146588|url-status = dead}}{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/01/snow-ghosts |title= Snow Ghosts |date= 1 July 2013 |work= The Guardian |author= Paul Lester |accessdate= 31 May 2016}}
In 2014, Tones and Cartwright joined forces with multi-instrumentalist Oliver Knowles, (aka the Keep), and Snow Ghosts became a trio.{{Cite web|url = http://www.stereogum.com/1723491/snow-ghosts-bowline/mp3s/|title = Snow Ghosts – "Bowline"|date = 8 December 2014|accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }} The band's second album, A Wrecking, was released on Houndstooth in February 2015.{{Cite web|title = Track By Track: Snow Ghosts - 'A Wrecking'| date=16 February 2015 |url = http://www.clashmusic.com/features/track-by-track-snow-ghosts-a-wrecking|accessdate = 1 April 2015}}
In March 2015, Snow Ghosts embarked on a UK and Ireland tour with Portico, which saw them play in cities including London, Bristol, Manchester, and Dublin.
Commercial use of music
- August 2013 – "And the World Was Gone" – episode 10 ("The Overlooked"), season 3 of Teen Wolf
- July 2015 – "Held the Light" – Channel 4 trailer for Witnesses
- December 2015 – "The Hunted" – first official trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse{{cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/x-men-apocolypse-trailer-band-snow-ghosts-unveil-video-for-lied-premiere-a6999881.html |title= Snow Ghosts unveil video for 'Lied' – premiere |date= 25 April 2016 |accessdate= 31 May 2016 |author= Roisin O'Connor |work= The Independent}}
- February 2016 – "Lost at Sea" – Channel 4 trailer for Thicker Than Water
- March 2016 – "Circles Out of Salt" – season 2, How to Get Away with Murder
Discography
Studio albums
- A Small Murmuration (2013)
- A Wrecking (2015)
- Husk (2016)
- A Quiet Ritual (2019)
- The Fell (2023)
EPs
- Lost at Sea (2011)
- And the World Was Gone (2013)
- Secret Garden (2013)
- Real World Sessions (2020)
Singles
- "Murder Cries" (2013)
- "The Fleet" (2015)
- "The Hunted" (2015)
- "Lied" (2016)
- "Vetiver" (2016)
References
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