The Ghost Is Dancing — The Darkest Spark

Topping last year's self-titled debut EP is likely the toughest challenge that Toronto collective The Ghost Is Dancing will ever face. With The Darkest Spark, the group made an effort to sound more like a band and less like a bunch of friends who got together on a lark. The slow but steady pace of opening track "September '01" foretells the darker mood of this disc, while the sloppy indie pop that filled their EP returns only briefly. Let's face it, if TGID put together a disc of 10 songs just like the ones on their EP, we'd be calling them a one-trick pony. The more deliberate and atmospheric music on The Darkest Spark makes it obvious that they were aiming for something grand, but they're not hitting the mark quite yet. Still, it's likely that this disc will grow on a lot of people after repeated listens.

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