Hail the Ghost

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Hail the Ghost
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Hail the Ghost in Dublin, Ireland in 2016
Background information
Origin Dublin, Ireland
Genres Indie rock, art rock
Years active2014–present
LabelsIndependent label
Members Kieran O'Reilly
Eamonn Young
Ian Corr
Website www.hailtheghost.com

Hail the Ghost are a three-piece indie band from Ireland. The band was formed in January 2014 by actor/singer/songwriter Kieran O'Reilly. The band includes two former members of White McKenzie - Eamonn Young and Ian Corr. White McKenzie were a six-piece rock band which had also been formed by Kieran O'Reilly but which broke up in late 2012. [1]

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Genre

Hot Press magazine described Hail the Ghost's sound as "mean 'n' moody" [2] [3] and in one review wrote that they [Hail the Ghost] "Come across as the kind of band Talk Talk might have sounded like if they were fronted by the Bunnymen's Ian McCullough". [4] O'Reilly himself described the band's music as "cinematic, atmospheric, alternative rock" during an interview with Brendan O'Connor on The Saturday Night Show following the release of the band's debut album. [5] "The band’s style of music has alternative written all over it, but what could be the rule breaker is the detachment from your typical indie stereotype of late and instead delving back into the heydays of Interpol and The Editors, with that little bit of added Irish charm of course!" as published by Pure M Magazine. [6] Tony Clayton-Lea (The Irish Times) wrote on the band's debut album release for HMV.com and sited "The National and Interpol" as obvious influences but remarked that the songs were "well constructed". [7] On the band's official website, they are described as "a prevalent brooding ambience intertwined with elegant piano, baritone vocals and a luring understated alt-rock quality". [8] A review of the band's first-ever live performance by Hot Press magazine penned how O'Reilly "makes for an interesting frontman, with his shoulders often hunched and eyes downcast, clutching the mic and cord with two hands while bobbing and swaying to the beat in a manner similar to Leonard Cohen, fully absorbed in the music. His baritone voice lands somewhere between the aforementioned and Lou Reed in its everyman cool, casual delivery and sounded right at home among the dreamy textures". [9]

Band members

Additional for live performances

Appearances in media

Discography

Studio albums
YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
IRL [10]
2015 Forsaken 67
2019 Arrhythmia [11] [12]
  • Released: 6 December 2019
  • Label: White Heart Records
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl, Download
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"—" denotes a title that did not chart.
Singles

Music videos

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References

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  2. ↑ "LISTEN: Love/Hate star features on Hail the Ghost single". hotpress.com. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Hail the Ghost release their new album". hotpress.com. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hail the Ghost - Forsaken". hotpress.com. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. ↑ O'Connor, Brendan (21 March 2015). "Celebrity Interviews". The Saturday Night Show (Interview). Kieran O'Reilly. Dublin, Ireland.
  6. ↑ "Hail the Ghost: Colony of Ants Single Review". puremzine.com. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Album Previews: Matthew E. White, Jon Hopkins, Hail the Ghost, Vann Music". hmv.com. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Hail the Ghost". hailtheghost.com. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "REVIEW: Hail the Ghost in Whelan's". hotpress.com. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Discography: Hail the Ghost". irish-charts.com. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Album Review: Hail the Ghost - Arrhythmia". hotpress.com. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  12. 1 2 "Hail the Ghost review – Arrhythmia that does the heart good". irishtimes.com. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  13. ↑ Echo Newspaper – Elife Magazine, 10 September 2020, pp. 49-50.
  14. ↑ "Hail the Ghost: Indie band release their new single 'Wishbone' this month". echo.ie. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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