Lineup: Daniel Clark. Infuences: Brendan Benson, Weezer, The Mountain Goats, Imogen Heap, Frou Frou, The Pillows, Matthew Sweet.
In the spirit of low-key musical legends past, Athens’ Daniel Clark formed Rainbow Ghost as an unassuming bedroom-pop project, with no explicit aspirations to ever perform the material in a live setting. Clark is a talented and longtime musician.
“I have been recording music for about 10 years now, alone and with friends,” he says.
His experience is apparent on Rainbow Ghost’s debut EP, the recently released Tell Us How You Really Feel. Clark has an impeccable ear for melody, and his programming and arranging skills are on par with indie-pop’s biggest names. For a one-man band, Rainbow Ghost is rife with energy and ideas; songs like “Brittle” are viciously catchy gems in the millennial, confessional-pop tradition.
“With the band name,” Clark explains, “I wanted to evoke letting myself out of my own head. The ‘rainbow’ part is about being creative, and expressing myself a little bit. The ‘ghost’ part is referring to floating through life mute and unnoticed.”
No longer mute nor unnoticed, Clark is streaming Tell Us How You Really Feel in its entirety at www.rainbowghost.com. And though he has given no indication that he will, here’s hoping Clark eventually makes the transition to performing live. I can envision these songs being real crowd-pleasers if turned up to 11.
Next Show: TBA
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