Chasing After Ghosts
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| Studio album by The Crookes | ||||
| Released | March 28, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Length | 43:19 | |||
| Label | Fierce Panda | |||
| Producer | Matt Peel | |||
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| BBC | positive |
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| This Is Fake DIY | |
Chasing After Ghosts was the first full-length studio album released by Sheffield based indie pop group The Crookes. Produced by Matt Peel, the album was released by Fierce Panda Records on 28 March 2011. The album was supported by the release of four singles and received generally positive reviews in the media. Chasing After Ghosts marked the last recording involvement with The Crookes for founding member and guitarist Alex Saunders.
The Crookes were formed in the similarly named suburb of Sheffield in 2008, and had come to initial prominence through releasing one–off singles on Too Pure and Heist or Hit Records before signing with Fierce Panda. After the release of the eight–track Dreams of Another Day EP in October of that year, they recorded their first full-length album, Chasing after Ghosts for release in 2011. This would mark the final contributions of guitarist Alex Saunders, who left the band following the promotional activities surrounding the album.
Chasing after Ghosts was preceded by a single "Godless Girl" in mid–March 2011, two weeks before the release of the album. The song "Bloodshot Days" had been released as a one-shot single the previous year, but this was re–recorded for the album. "Chasing After Ghosts" was released on 28 March 2011, and the band embarked on various promotional tours both in the UK and other territories throughout the rest of the Summer and into Autumn 2011. Two further singles were released to promote the album: "Chorus of Fools" in July, and "I Remember Moonlight" in October 2011. The album itself was subsequently released in Japan in a deluxe version, including four extra tracks unavailable on the UK pressing.
All lyrics written by Daniel Hopewell; all music composed by The Crookes.
Chasing After Ghosts was generally well received by online music press that reviewed it and was supported by both Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1 and Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 6 Music. In reviewing the album for the BBC, Iain Moffatt opined that "...live they positively crackle with the sort of inclusively bonhomous pop charge that modern thinking seldom credits currently-little-league guitar bands with, but they've also managed to make a debut album that accommodates all the allusions that come with such a soubriquet." Likening them to Morrissey, The Housemartins and Aztec Camera, he concluded that "...they're admittedly unlikely to shepherd in a fresh wave of post-Britpop, but at least The Crookes are stealing from all the right places." Writing for Drowned in Sound, Robert Cooke similarly likened The Crookes sound to that of The Smiths, but suggested that the album was "...eloquently coherent, with themes of youthful frustration and heartache constantly present, but never in a way that is embarrassingly gushing or childishly simplistic." He concluded that "...it's nice to know that there’s a place for poetry in contemporary pop."
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