Dead Station (a.k.a. Gods Are Ghosts)

Though their first release has just came out (8/23/11), you could have been listening to Dead Station for a while now: They've been going under the guise of Gods Are Ghosts until just recently.

Kinda hard to tell who's who in this pic, but it's so cool that we just had to lead with this one. At any rate, the band lines up likeuntoso: Bryan Canatella does drums, Donnie Miller attacks the guitar, Tommy Miller manipulates the bass, and Morgan James Duplant does the singing.

Asked why the name change, Duplant says "We just liked Dead Station better. When we started as Gods Are Ghosts we were a new band ... [but] never were 100 percent into it and it seemed to confuse a lot of people as well. Once we decided to continue to grow our band and branch out, we thought now was the best time to make a switch... Really we just wanted a name that we were all happy with..."

Though they site influences like Deftones and Soundgarden, these guys sport their own edged rock sound; cleverly-constructed, quick-change numbers adorned with chugging metallic fringes and howling melodic phrases. Try out the title track to one of their earlier releases, "A Violent Grace" to see where these guys live:

Their foundation is a thoroughly solid Rock in the classic sense of the word, and Duplant's voice will tempt you to make the Led Zeppelin comparison. See if you can imagine "Crawl to the Moon" being nearly as compelling without his performance:

They've been seen hither and yon; having played San Antonio, San Marcos, and New Braunfels; plus gigs at local spots Emo's, Red 7, ND 501, Scoot Inn, and they even burned it up at the Ghost Room before it was closed.

(Photos by Douglas Marshall)
With the name change, they've re-packaged all their Gods are Ghosts tracks, added three new ones ("I Will", "It Won't Be Long", and the afore-embedded "Crawl To The Moon"), to create one outstanding (though still technically "freshman") release: The self-titled "Dead Station", which we'll leave you with. Miss it and you miss out:

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