I found out about the band Dead Man’s Bones last summer in Manhattan and they have just released their first album on October 6th. An early October release is entirely appropriate for an album rife with the theme of ghosts, zombies, death, and the living dead. The perfect soundtrack for the weeks leading up to All Hallows’ Eve with songs like ‘My Body’s a Zombie for You’, ‘Werewolf Heart’, and ‘Flowers Grow Out of My Grave’. Lead singer Ryan Gosling presents haunting vocals with a faint spirit of Ian Curtis and his own noticeably unique delivery balanced out by Zach Shields delicately delicious vocals on several songs. With an eerie and nostalgic sound offered up by the Silverlake Conservatory of Music Children’s Choir featured on almost every song. They run the gambit of instruments from antique piano to organ to xylophone and it comes together magically in a perfectly unpolished package. Almost like finding a suitcase at an antique store full of old 45s…a veritable treasure chest!
Ryan Gosling is most well known for his role the epic love story “The Notebook”. He has appeared in many independent films with equally notable performances such as “The Believer”, “Half Nelson”, and “Lars and the Real Girl”. Seeming to be a fan of projects off the beaten path, his musical endeavors have landed in the realm of independent as well.
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