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 (Left to Right: Michael, Lisa, and David, late August 2026.
Photo by Scarlet Graves.)
Since 2014 New England-based Ghost Painted Sky has been creating distinct dark, introspective music, built on the foundational influences of traditional goth, classic post-punk, and darkwave. Their approach has always been to treat the music as a vehicle for processing life’s struggles and ultimately for cathartic release, reflection, and rebirth.
MORE DETAILED BIO: Ghost Painted Sky began as the solo studio project of David Strong, as a way to process some major life changes through songwriting, initially resulting in a debut self-titled EP released in 2014. The following year brought a second short EP, The Shadows Breath, and the first live performances with the first incarnation of the live band. In 2018 Lisa Wood began contributing vocals with the Scars EP, and then on the first full-length Ghost Painted Sky album, Flightless. Lisa has since become the primary vocalist. Out of the turbulence of the early 2020s came several virtual shows, and appearances on the compilations The Unquiet Grave 2020 (Cleopatra Records, 2020), 33 Gothic Bands You Should Know, Volume 8 (Post-Gothic, 2021), You Are Still Not Alone (Darkness Calling, 2021), and Goths For Sanctuaries - The Album!!! (2023), as well as an eventual return to live performance with new iterations of a live band (including several modest tours into the Southern and Midwestern US, in addition to around their Northeastern US home region). This period also saw the release of the Ephemeral Wake EP, and several singles. 2026 has found Ghost Painted Sky finishing work on their long-delayed second full-length album, Failure Blooms, including new studio contributions from guitarist Michael Boudreau, and longtime live keyboard player/violinist Aurora Grabill. The first single from Failure Blooms, "Sound and Fury" was released in late March 2026, the second "Kissing Lions," released in October 2026, with the album itself due in early 2027, all continuing the ever-present theme of songwriting as vessel for personal exploration and catharsis. |
LATEST NEWS: •The Kissing Lions maxi-single is out now! This is a brand new version of Kissing Lions from the forthcoming album (out soon!), mixed and mastered by William Faith, joined on this release by an effervescent remix and a brand new exclusive track which explores our more synthpop side. •Our next show is a Matinee show Sunday, November 22nd with Bloodx3, Architrave, and Hidden Fountain at: The Midway Cafe, 3496 Washington St, Boston (Jamaica Plain), MA. Doors at 3:00 pm, all ages, $10 (cash) cover (ticket link). •Sound and Fury single out 3.6.26 (mixed and mastered by William Faith at 13 Studio)! |