Silk Daisys - "Haunted House"

Photo by Olive Abercrombie

Silk Daisys are a dream pop/post-punk duo out of Atlanta, GA. Their first official release is a Halloween themed shoegaze track titled "Haunted House." Shoegaze might be a perfect genre for a Halloween song, and this one hits you with a wall of fuzz, and has an unmistakable spooky vibe despite its warm embrace. The song drones on slowly, and then adds some true horror movie soundtrack elements along the lines of John Carpenter or It Follows. Shoegaze isn't typically a style of music known for fun, but Silk Daisys change that with a spooky Halloween single.

James Abercrombie of Silk Daisys says of the band's latest single:

"'Haunted House' is what I’d consider our only true shoegaze song, though shoegaze elements find their way into our songs just because we’re such huge fans of the genre. When I wrote it, I was thinking about this great Lee Hazlewood song, 'Won’t You Tell Your Dreams.' It’s about how he can’t stop dreaming of an old love. It has this really haunting vibe to it. We’re also really into haunted houses and carnival dark rides and anything in that realm… Karla listens to a lot of ghost story podcasts. Our daughter has ghost hunting equipment and takes it with her to old places. I tend to be a little on the skeptical side, but I am coming around. I really love ghost stories where spirits are doing something routine, like getting their morning coffee. There’s something really interesting to me about the memory of someone being so strong that it feels palpable, like it’s inhabiting your space and haunting you. Karla had the idea to make the vocals at the end sound super ghostly, which I think really adds to the spookiness of the track." 

You can listen to "Haunted House" below. For more on Silk Daisys, check out the band on Instagram and Bandcamp.