The Marshmallow Ghosts "When Death Arrives: Five Nightmares" (Graveface Records)

For the 17th annual (!!) Marshmallow Ghosts LP, I decided to return to the very origins of the project — first dreamt up in 2008, with the debut release following in 2009. Back then, I was living in this idyllic, Halloween-y neighborhood that was wildly inspiring. None of my musical peers were doing anything like it at the time, so the MGs concept just made sense.

To truly “go back to the beginning,” I rented the same little coach house where the idea was first born and filled it with the same dusty, half-broken organs and synths used on those early recordings. Just like in the early days, I consulted the Marshmallow Ghosts’ bible, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark — specifically Volume 3 — for the first time since 2011. Reading it over and over again in that eerie little space surrounded by malfunctioning gear led to “When Death Arrives: Five Nightmares.”

Art by Chloe Manon / vox by Lexy Morte