Florida’s Tyler Costolo has returned to his Ghost Fan Club project with a self-titled EP, his first new GFC material since 2021
Costolo originally began making music under his own name in 2017 with what he describes as "haphazard folk songs." He then adopted the Two Meters moniker and released two Bedroom Pop EPs before experimenting with heavier, more dissonant sounds for labels like Very Jazzed and Knifepunch Records.
Seeking an outlet to release material on the softer material, he debuted the Ghost Fan Club project in 2020. He released a handful of singles (including “Speak to Me” which became a minor TikTok hit), and the aching ‘Goodbye World, Hello Ghosts’ EP in 2021. Costolo then found himself in flux, both personally and creatively, as he made his sonically harsh Metal-inspired return to the Two Meters name in 2022 while also working on the songs that would eventually become this Ghost Fan Club return EP.
While this new release sees him return to his Slowcore and Bedroom Pop influences, Ghost Fan Club has a new edge and greater urgency (thanks in part to the recruitment of Swim Camp's Tom Morris on drums) as he tackles subjects like depression, grief, instability, and lost time.
The ‘Ghost Fan Club’ EP features the acclaimed “Shoulders” and “Now and Then” singles, and is out now via Knifepunch Records, a gay working-class trans-run label - https://ghostfanclub.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-fan-club-2
“I wrote these songs during a point of major turmoil in my life. I was mostly drifting along, trying to make peace with so much of my existence being out of my control and time slipping by while I was trying to catch up. I started working on a lot of the songs all the way back in 2021 but wasn’t in a situation where I could comfortably record. I felt desperate to get the tracks finished but was bouncing around unable to find any footing, which I think you can feel in the songs themselves.
I wanted actual drums for the first time in my music making journey which is where Tom Morris came in. I think that addition really makes a difference between these songs and my previous body of work.” – Tyler Costolo (Ghost Fan Club)
