{"product_id":"hungry-ghosts-2lp","title":"HUNGRY GHOSTS 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst time ever on vinyl for the 1999 debut album by cult Melbourne outfit, Hungry Ghosts. Originally released on CD on the Reliant label and produced by Rowland S. Howard (Birthday Party\/Young Charlatans\/need we say more?), it sounded like a band from another place and time. Nominally thrown into the 'post-rock' sphere, the Hungry Ghosts brought so much more to the table than such restrictive terms may imply.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeaturing an eclectic array of percussive and stringed instruments, with some brass thrown in for good measure, the band created its own world of expressive instrumental music that played like a lost European film soundtrack.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoon after its release, the group made their way to the US to record for Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth)'s Smells Like label, and the story continues from there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 2LP edition features the debut full-length CD on vinyl for the very first time, as well as their debut self-released (and -titled) EP from two years earlier. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInside is an informative 4-page booklet with extensive liner notes telling the Hungry Ghosts story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHighly recommended for fans of: Dirty Three, Low, Triffids et al.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hungry Ghosts","offers":[{"title":"Red vinyl (Limited edition)","offer_id":46826767974573,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black","offer_id":46827371430061,"sku":null,"price":62.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/2363\/6141\/files\/HungryGH2LP-cover.jpg?v=1783988866","url":"https:\/\/magneticsouth.com.au\/products\/hungry-ghosts-2lp","provider":"Magnetic South Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}