The Ghost List

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The Ghost List
Girls Against Boys - The Ghost List.jpg
EP by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)
Genre Post-hardcore, indie rock
Length17:42
Producer Girls Against Boys
Girls Against Boys chronology
You Can't Fight What You Can't See
(2002)
The Ghost List
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Pitchfork Media (7.0/10) [2]

The Ghost List is an EP by American post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys which was released independently on September 24, 2013. The EP was recorded in New York and was released eleven years after their previous album from 2002.

Contents

The inspiration for the EP was some song ideas from 2003, from just after the group's final album, You Can't Fight What You Can't See, that Eli Janney rediscovered. [3]

Stuart Berman of Pitchfork describes The Ghost List as "a successful reboot for a mothballed machine whose core components-- brawn, dissonance, and groove-- are shown to be still in fine working order. Sure, we’ve seen this movie before, but Girls Against Boys haven't forgotten the good parts." [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Girls Against Boys.

No.TitleLength
1."It's a Diamond Life"3:43
2."Fade Out"2:24
3."60 > 15"3:22
4."Let's Get Killed"3:53
5."Kick"4:20

Personnel

Adapted from The Ghost List liner notes. [5]

Girls Against Boys

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 2013self-released CD, LP GVSB001

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References

  1. Collar, Matt. "Ghost List". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  2. Berman, Stuart (September 26, 2013). "Girls Against Boys: The Ghost List". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  3. Jenkins, Mark (September 12, 2013). "Girls Against Boys reunites, will perform at Black Cat anniversary show". No. September 12, 2013. The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  4. Berman, Stuart. "Girls Against Boys The Ghost List". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  5. The Ghost List (booklet). Girls Against Boys. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)