Ghostland Observatory to Release SEE YOU LATER SIMULATOR September 7th

"It's called See You Later Simulator," Aaron Behrens says of Ghostland Observatory's first new album in eight years.

"I've always been on the sci-fi edge of things, which is just a reflection of being a child of the '80s and growing up with video games and computers, but also remembering a time before those things were common. I think all of that comes into play on this record. It's a real comment on what's going on right now, and on trying to figure out what's reality and what's a Simulation!

Behrens and longtime partner Thomas Ross Turner are releasing Ghostland Observatory'sSee You Later Simulator on Trashy Moped September 7th, and have set out to create a style of music that existed only in the pair's c?o?ll?e?cti?v?e ?c?on?sc?ious?ness. Additionally, the band is taking their fierce and radiant performance out on a full US tour starting September 26th in Tulsa, OK. The New York Times raved over the live show, "Mr. Behrens sings with the heavy-breathing, arena-scale hysteria of Robert Plant, Jack White or Freddie Mercury; Mr. Turner gets nasty distortion from his syn?the?s?i?ze?rs and sometimes... adds his own drum kit for a flat-out rock stomp. Old electro sounds and disco-era strings... Ghostland Observatory hits too hard."

"Sad Sad City" by Ghostland Observatory

The band found the seed of the record in the material that they'd begun to cut casually during their recent hiatus. "It's like, the water's always there on tap, all you've gotta do is just open it up." explains Behrens. The reunited twosome worked together with m?ax?i?mum? ?ef?fi?c?ie?nc?y and minimum fuss. "The set-up was very stripped-down," says Turner. "I had a small console, a sampler and a piano, and Aaron had a guitar and a vocoder thing, and we just fired up the ma????c?hi?n????e??s???? and did it."

With a musical sensibility that incorporates Behrens' interest in rock, country, and psychedelia as well as Turner's love for avant-garde e?l?ect?r?o?ni?ca? and analog disco-thump, the resulting album ranks with Ghostland Observatory's most ambitious and accessible works. Tracks like "Paradise Lost," "Permanent Vacation" and "Miss Abyss" deliver both uplifting electro-dance-rock and a loose but absorbing storyline that isn't likely to interfere with the sweaty intensity of Ghostland Observatory's upcoming live shows.

"We worked hard on this record, and it's just the tip of the iceberg of what's to come," Behrens concludes. "This is our rebirth, the phoenix rising from the ashes, and we have no plans to slow down. We're stepping out of the weird s?im?ul?a?ti?on we've been in, and coming back into the world for the beginning of round two."

Ghostland Observatory is Aaron Behrens and Thomas Ross Turner. See You Later Simulator is out xxXX via Megaforce Records.

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