The Ghost Is Dancing Ignite The Darkest Spark

Toronto indie rock collective The Ghost Is Dancing wanted their first full-length album to convey a sense of separation, and managed to do so while staying in their hometown by recording it at producer Dale Morningstar's Gas Station Studio.

Sure, it's just a short ferry ride across a narrow stretch of Lake Ontario from the mainland to the studio on Toronto Island, but the recording sessions that took place over a few weeks last October got The Ghost Is Dancing out of the band house/practice space where they honed the sound of their 2006 self-titled debut EP.

The new Sonic Unyon album, The Darkest Spark, features new members introduced to help enrich the band's sound. Alt Altman adds horn and guitar, Lesley Davies contributes backing vocals and Ben "Mountain Man" Deschamps brings strings.

The Darkest Spark will be released on June 19. Here are its songs:

"September '01"
"The Darkest Spark"
"We'll Make It"
"Shuttles And Planes"
"Organ"
"Greatlakescape"
"Wall Of Snow"
"The Dark And The Bright"