Northern Liberties – Ghost Mind Electricity (Paniscus Revue, 2007)

Wild beats and tweaked instrumentation combine with a vocal approach somewhere between Davids Byrne and Yow for an eclectic emission from the tri-partite Ghost Mind. Militaristic drumbeats seem to herald the dawning of a spirituality that becomes more physical than spectral as the tracks roll on through tales of “Children of the Unholy Cross,” “Psionic Sorcery Song” and “Dead Deer House.” At times subtle and restrained, but more often than not barely under control, these 12 songs possess a frenetic underworld energy that is singularly arresting as the pieces flower and decay. One can’t help but wonder what it would sound like if the songs were ‘overmastered,’ given additional layers and effects capable of building and destroying alien graveyards. As with the previous Secret Revolution, the artwork by vocalist Justin Duerr is excellent, an intricate illustration of the “ghost punk” ethos at work. Would probably be most amazing live.