Abigail's
Ghost
A contemporary rock band comprised of five
people committed to a well-tempered musical aesthetic deeply
rooted in groove, polyrhythms, lush harmonies, haunting
ambience, and thinking man's lyrics. Though the band hails from
the Houma/New Orleans area and a few of the members have musical
backgrounds in Cajun French and New Orleans style jamming, their
sound has most often been compared to the grunge bands of the
90’s and so-called “Krautrock” of the European music scene circa
the 1980’s
Founding members Joshua Theriot (lead vocals/lead guitars) and
Kenneth Wilson (bass/backing vocals) attended the same high
school and had played together in various bands throughout. Both
left Louisiana in the fall of 2003 to study at the prestigious
Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Soon after their first
semester had begun, Kenneth Wilson decided that music college
was not in the cards for him and moved back to Louisiana to
study biology. While Theriot stayed behind to finish school, the
two corresponded via internet, jointly writing music and lyrics
half a country away. Upon realizing they had written drum and
keyboard parts for phantom band members, Wilson and Theriot
found a need to look for more musicians to translate the
instrumentation into a live context. They contacted long-time
friend and progressive keyboard guru Brett Guillory. Guillory
immediately climbed aboard. After going through several
drummers, Theriot's roommate at Berklee and high school friend
John Patrick was asked if he'd be interested in the position.
Although primarily used to playing metal/funk projects, Patrick
decided to join the band and brought along his songwriting
teammate and brilliant rhythm guitarist, Randy LeBoeuf.
Abigail’s Ghost was born.
Selling Insincerity was a product of Wilson and Theriot's long
distance correspondence. Although taking almost two years to
compose music and gather resources, the album was recorded in a
week at Axistudio in New Orleans, mixed both at Axistudio and in
Boston and was released on March 23, 2007 on the band’s own
label Aesperus Music.
-bio by Paul Weymouth
DISCOGRAPHY
Seeping EP (2007) |
Cerulean Blue EP (2007) |
Selling Insincerity LP (2007) |
