Like Ghosts is:
Alexander Gage - Vocals
Noel Hernandez - Guitar
Andrew Saenz - Guitar
Isaac Martinez - Drums

All music written and performed by Like Ghosts and Kevin Gates.

Produced, recorded, and engineered by Kevin Gates at Engaged Audio in Springfield, MO.

Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at TurtleTone Studio in New York City, NY.

Art direction and design by Ronnie Johnson.

Lyrics:
So this is how you get to me, a touch of basic chemistry. It's in the way you bite your lip and suffocate my need to breathe.

Well maybe you could show me how to let this go, 'cause lately I've been known to get caught up in the details. And baby, you're the Queen of Modern Misery: You break me down and have the nerve to act like no one cares.

I'm finally letting go of you, there's nothing left to hold on to. I thought that we could make it, but I know that you will never change.

Well maybe if I found the words you hid so well from me, then I could find a way to say that this is how it ought to be. So I'm sending your letters in spite of the monster you've become. If one thing's for certain, I won't stop writing 'till I'm done.

Over and over I replay the days, back when I gave you the best part of me. And now that you're gone I think it's safe that we say that we had the world and you threw it away.

© 2014 Like Ghosts

I've Made a Career out of Waiting for You

Like Ghosts is:
Alexander Gage - Vocals
Noel Hernandez - Guitar
Andrew Saenz - Guitar
Isaac Martinez - Drums

All music written and performed by Like Ghosts and Kevin Gates.

Produced, recorded, and engineered by Kevin Gates at Engaged Audio in Springfield, MO.

Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at TurtleTone Studio in New York City, NY.

Art direction and design by Ronnie Johnson.

Lyrics:
Hey!

I'd rather be wrong than left unspoken, 'cause nothing is better left unsaid, and I just can't hide behind these windows while your gun is aimed straight at my head. You used to feel like home to me, but now you're just a memory, and I guess I'm the one to blame. Once again...

I've been breaking into houses with the lights left on, and I still can't seem to figure out what I'm running from.

I'm much too proud to escape this giant mess that I've made, so I'll just write the words I'm not quite strong enough to say. Like, "Dear stranger, what did you expect? You know I've always been a nervous wreck. I can't breathe, I can't speak, you're better off without me."

And I know it's too late now for this ending, so I gotta leave it all behind. I can't waste my life pretending I can ever make this alright.

And I won't stay away anymore. I may be broken, but I know what I am fighting for.

© 2014 Like Ghosts

With Friends Like Me...

Fire

The Hills

Like the old saying goes: All good things must eventually come to an end. However, sometimes from that end arises a new beginning, a rebirth, if you will. One that leads to even bigger and better things. As their name suggests, Like Ghosts is taking full advantage of the second life they've been given.

The band formed after the demise of lead singer Alexander Gage’s longtime pop rock project Not So Lucky. After writing solo material, Gage was met by former Not So Lucky guitarist, Noel Hernandez, with a proposition: “Let’s start a rock band.” The two began collaborating and, after adding former Prom Night Fist Fight drummer Isaac Martinez, hit the studio. They recorded their first single as a trio, hoping to eventually add a second guitarist and a bassist.  In due time, they met guitarist Andrew Saenz, who fit in perfectly with their sound. After hearing they were looking for a bassist, longtime friend Nick Emanus relocated from the valley to San Antonio to join the band.

Like Ghosts prides themselves on their drive. Everybody gets a say, and everybody contributes in some shape or form. The songwriting process begins with a riff or an idea that gets passed around, and each member gets input. Nobody in the band claims to be a master of their trade, but they strive to work hard and constantly get better. They are a team through and through and just like all great teams, they are fortunate enough to have a great coach. Producer Kevin Gates has been recording and producing Gage's musical endeavors for years now and Like Ghosts has become a benefactor of his production. With each recording session, the band has come out better and more precise. The band will be the first to tell you they owe the quality of their sound to him.

The sound itself is difficult to summarize in terms of genre. When Hernandez approached Gage about starting a band he described the idea as pop rock with more of an edge. They retain a mid-2000s emo vibe along the lines of Taking Back Sunday and The Academy Is... on the surface, but upon further scrutiny, they are much more diverse. Fall Out Boy has played an integral part of the songwriting process for the band: whether it be the frenetic guitar work or tongue-in-cheek lyricism. Every member of Like Ghosts has an eclectic taste of influences ranging from Goo Goo Dolls to Nickelback to Kanye West.

Other than the diverse musical influence and focus on teamwork, the band sets itself apart by attention to detail. The band is the number one priority, every member is married to it and they really do want it that bad. The music is driven off of hard work, and they are constantly striving to be perfect. Hernandez provides the unofficial slogan: “In this industry, even just to be considered mediocre, you have to be perfect.” After the success of Not So Lucky, Gage admits that he let some of it go to his head and didn't like how things ended. Emanus, fresh out of the military had struggled with alcoholism before pledging to the band. Like Ghosts is a rebirth for everybody involved, a second chance to go all in. All things may come to an end, but there’s no stopping what happens after that.

- Erik Casarez, San Antonio Current

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