Comprised of Tom Novohradský, Michal Janík, Štěpán Pařízek and Jiří Habarta, the up-and-coming, Brno, Czech Republic-based post-punk/indie act Ghost of You quickly became one of their country’s hottest acts with the release of their critically acclaimed debut effort, Glacier & the City — and with a growing profile, the act played the European festival circuit, which included appearances at last year’s Eurosonic Noderslaag and Waves Vienna Festival, 2015’s Sziget Festival, as well as a 2016 tour stop in London.
Building upon a growing profile, the Czech post-punk quartet’s sophomore effort Black Yoga was released last week, and the album reportedly finds the band drawing from Royal Blood, Queens of the Stone Age, Alt-J and Cage the Elephant — although with the album’s latest single “The ark won’t come” to my ears reminds me quite a bit of early We Are Scientists and JOVM mainstays Fufanu; but more important, the swaggering and incredibly self-assured band reveals an ability craft a rousing and infectious hook centered around thumping drumming, layers of arpeggiated synths and angular guitar chords in what may be among the most dance floor friendly song they’ve released to date. Interestingly, the recently released video for “The ark won’t come” is a sweaty and hallucinatory fever dream that manages to emphasize the thumping nature of the song.
