Story of a Ghosty

Ghosty considers various new drummers and eventually settles on experienced jazz drummer Josh Adams. The retooled lineup rehearses and records at Connor's home studio, and issues a new EP titled Me, Me, Me in the spring of 2005. The quintet then travels to Austin to perform at the South by Southwest Music Festival, where it catches a break.

Connor: "We had played a couple of shows with this band from Athens, Georgia, called Jet By Day, and we ran into them on the street in Austin. They took our CD and gave it to their label, Future Farmer, and they liked it a lot. Someone suggested Future Farmer to me, so I e-mailed them and asked if I could send them a demo, and they said they had already been listening to us. Dennis from Future Farmer called me and said right away that he wanted to sign us."

Future Farmer was slated to issue Ghosty's full-length debut, Grow Up or Sleep In, on August 30. The album compiles tracks recorded for Three Pop Songs as well as newer material recorded with Trent Bell. This fall, Ghosty will return to New York City to play CMJ, and plans are under way for an exhaustive national tour.