Founded in 2014 by Axel Otero (a.k.a Axel Ghost) The Synthpop solo-project Lay Your Ghost based out of Miami, Florida has recently announced that the debut EP A Darker Love has been released on exclusively through Bandcamp.
Axel is currently focusing on the future of his solo-project and wants to start touring. He also just got out of the studio mixing the Revelations album by long time friend William Control.
He said: ‘It’s definitely an experience that I will treasure.
‘Writing and working with William and Kenneth was awesome.
‘I guess the main thing was that it felt like we were in the same mindset and it made all this work really fun.
‘We had a blast! I’m really excited about this new album and what’s ahead for William and The Neuromantic Boys.’
Axel also has plans on moving to Seattle, WA in the near future to record the second Lay Your Ghost album which is being released through Control Records at Hells Half Acre.
We asked him what inspired his body of work and he replied with and said:
‘I’ve always loved music with some form of duality in it.
‘I wanted to do something that was danceable, melodic, but with lyrics that weren’t necessarily the happiest.
‘I also wanted to set a mood throughout the album and make the listener get lost in it. Each time I write something for Lay Your Ghost I feel like I’m closer to what I want LYG to sound like but I also feel that this EP is definitely a strong start towards the right direction. Musically, there are some obvious influences, but i’m mainly inspired by european Synthpop and EBM groups.
‘Lyrically, for this album I was inspired by horror movies, tv shows, stories and mainly personal stuff running through my head.’