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Catching the Ghosts

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by Sean O'Donnell

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A four-song EP, “Catching the Ghosts” was recorded mainly in January through March of 2006 by Seán O’Donnell in his Bloomington, Ind., apartment.

“Sweet Dreams” begins the album and features the voice of Sarah Ciotti, a friend of O’Donnell’s. Her vocals were recorded in Seán’s apartment in Pittsburgh’s South Oakland neighborhood in 2001. Although a mix of the song was completed at the time, O’Donnell was never quite satisfied and re-recorded it.

The next three songs were made with a combination of recorded and programmed music and feature the album’s recurring theme, which ends “Sweet Dreams” and transitions into “Catching the Ghost,” only to reappear in “Circle of Friends” and “Clock Czar.” “Catching the Ghost” musically expresses the frustrations of chasing something unattainable. “Circle of Friends” originated as an exercise in composition and resulted as a mimic of conversation. “Clock Czar” comments on chronology.
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released 28 November 2006
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tags: alternative bagpipes psychedelic folk acoustic pop Pittsburgh
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Seán O’Donnell started taking bagpipe lessons at age 7 after the bagpipe band his uncle drummed for entranced him. The ... more Pittsburgh-area native’s obsession with music spread from there a few years later when he found his father’s acoustic guitar. After his dad taught him his first guitar chords. less

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Track Name: Sweet Dreams
The silence is broken, the stars have spoken:
They wish you well, and hope that you find
Your way through the night.

The time is chosen – your eyes are closing,
And sleep will see the dreams that you dream
On your way through the night.

Before you slumber, please, my love, remember
The love that you have waiting for you
At the end of the night.

When dawn has broken and you’ve awoken
I’ll wish you well and hope that you’ve found
Your way through the night.

I’ll wish you well and hope that you’ve found
Your way through the night.
Track Name: Catching the Ghost
Instrumental.
Track Name: Circle of Friends
Instrumental.
Track Name: Clock Czar
The minutes all seem like hours,
And the hours are seen through a daze.
And if you look at the seconds long enough,
They go on their merry way,
Getting lost in the crowded shuffle
'Til you find at the bottom of the deck
The seconds you thought that you clearly saw
Looking the same as the rest.

These clocks are haunted,
And the seconds come and go as they please.
We try to catch the ghosts,
But every time we look up they leave.

The months all pass in a week now,
Which can fit in an eight-hour day
As long as you package it small enough
So it never gets in the way.
Just push it aside for a moment —
Out of mind, never out of sight —
Until there's a chance to enjoy them,
Which is just past the moment that's right.

These clocks are haunted,
And the seconds come and go as they please.
We try to catch the ghosts,
But every time we look up they leave.