{"id":38049,"date":"2018-07-16T11:56:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T10:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=38049"},"modified":"2018-07-16T11:58:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T10:58:06","slug":"the-soft-underground-ghosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/07\/the-soft-underground-ghosts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Soft Underground &#8211; &#8216;Ghosts&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38057\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/07\/the-soft-underground-ghosts\/83tlbpzo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/83tlBPZo.png?fit=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"83tlBPZo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/83tlBPZo.png?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38057\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/83tlBPZo.png?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>&#8216;Ghosts&#8217;, from the album &#8216;Morning World&#8217;, is the follow-up to &#8216;Rachel&#8217;, from New York City based The Soft Underground.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The duo, comprising drummer Andrew McCarty and guitarist Charlie Hickey, formed in 2010 and work with guest vocalists for every song. Their sound has seen them hailed as the modern equivalents of Seattle&#8217;s 90s grunge scene.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Ghosts&#8217;, from their second album, &#8216;Morning World&#8217;, a release which took two years to record, is heavy with guitar strummed in such a way as to convey a feeling of acoustics, as well as drums and percussive elements which gently highlight the piano.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find out more about The Soft Underground online on their <a href=\"https:\/\/thesoftunderground.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thesoftunderground\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoiDisantBand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thesoftunderground\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/soidisantband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>. Check out our article about their previous release, &#8216;Rachel&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/the-soft-underground-morning-world-is-a-post-punk-delight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ghosts by The Soft Underground by The Soft Underground\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F435729261&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Ghosts&#8217;, from the album &#8216;Morning World&#8217;, is the follow-up to &#8216;Rachel&#8217;, from New York City based The Soft Underground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":38177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[1410,5753,1858,199,15192,2601,874,15193,15190],"class_list":["post-38049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","tag-drums","tag-ghosts","tag-grunge","tag-guitar","tag-morning-world","tag-new-york-city","tag-piano","tag-rachel","tag-the-soft-underground"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-9TH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37543,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/the-soft-underground-morning-world-is-a-post-punk-delight\/","url_meta":{"origin":38049,"position":0},"title":"The Soft Underground &#8211; &#8216;Morning World&#8217; Is A Post Punk Delight","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"26\/06\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Soft Underground are from the outskirts of Manhattan, in New York City, but nevertheless are feted as modern successors to the bands of Seattle's alt scene, from the 90s.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Releases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Releases","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-releases\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/32482899_2300025160011990_4925669929018982400_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C1078&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/32482899_2300025160011990_4925669929018982400_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C1078&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/32482899_2300025160011990_4925669929018982400_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C1078&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/32482899_2300025160011990_4925669929018982400_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C1078&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/32482899_2300025160011990_4925669929018982400_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C1078&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":83649,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/08\/ghost-hounds-take-the-last-train-to-nowhere-with-latest-single-and-cinematic-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":38049,"position":1},"title":"Ghost Hounds Take The &#8216;Last Train To Nowhere&#8217; With Latest Single And Cinematic Video","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"25\/08\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"For as long as there have been trains, people have been singing about them. 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