The project was created during an overnight recording session in late 2007 at an old haunted hospital. 'I have been obsessed with ghosts ever since I can remember, so when the opportunity arose to stay the night and record in such a famously haunted building, I jumped at it!' quotes the band's songwriter Kris Nelson.
The old building is situated in the sleepy coastal town of Albany, Western Australia and was an active hospital from 1897 to 1962. Stories of ghostly women and soldiers dressed in early 1900's attire are said to walk the halls, move objects and even slam doors and windows.
"I wrote an recorded the song 'Mary' at about 3am in the main operating room, when I listened back to the 4-Track there was an extremely loud and chilling breath that totally drowns out my voice and guitar. The thing is I was the only one in the room at the time as everyone else had turned in for the night.' Nelson explains.
Blending the sounds of double bass, cello, arch top guitar and a two piece drum kit, the spooky upbeat music is then laced with Nelsons deep yet cynically witty lyrics. The sound falls somewhere between a horror movie score and a tortured pop song with a unique tongue in cheek quirkiness to it. The band has recently taken out Western Australia's prestigious 'WAM Song of the Year' in 2009, placed highly in the Ampfest and next big thing band competition, Performed all over WA and at some of the major Festivals (southbound, One Movement Festival and The Nannup Music Festival). The trio received national airplay on triple J with there first CD release and are set to release another album in early September and promote it with a heavy tour schedule in 2011. 'An argument between the taste and the feeling' will be available from September 3.