What you should really be listening to this Halloween season


Dead Man's Bones


Don't you wish there would be as much Halloween music as there is Christmas music during the spooky holidays? Well, unfortunately Christmas is just way too positive, optimistic and joyful to not be produced, remade and replayed over and over during the ho-ho-holidays but why can't we rejoice the grim; the bleak; the spooky, and the dead every once and a while (and this is coming from an aggressively addicted Christmas music listener)? Sure, The Monster Mash and Werwolves of London are dandy, catchy and may remind you of that deathly Fall chill but it's simply not enough. We're tragically stuck with few bones and far between (your best bet is honestly to listen to the "Halloween" station on Pandora). But then one man stepped forward...



This man.



That's right, ladies and gents. Ryan Gosling is not only a decent actor with suave and charming good looks but it turns out he's also a chorus teacher for children who come from Flea's (yes Red Hot Chili Pepper's Flea) conservatory school. He also plays piano, guitar and sings, conducting these said children to dress up in spooky costume and sing eerie-themed death-related songs.
Betcha didn't know that one. 

So why am I giving the man so much praise (aside from the obvious talent)? Because all lovers of Halloween looking for a spooky fix should drop what they're doing and give this solo album a listen (unfortunately it's the only one in existence right now) but with Gosling's moody doo-wop style voice, the old school use of slightly untuned piano behind a clapping choir of kids singing on one or two takes, it 's bound to teleport you to an old graveyard-bound cathedral watching innocent children put on a spooky musical. And for the Halloween fans, does that not sound fantastic?

It's bound to get you through all the spooky days of October; throughout all the dark times and should hold you over until the spirits come out, the lights come on and eventual makeshift entrance in people's chimneys are made for old ho'ho-in' Santa Claus.

So throw on a hoodie, grab that pumpkin coffee or pumpkin ale and whether you're doing homework, work-work or no work, let it swift you away into the spooky night.

Seriously, what are you waiting for?

Here's the full album.

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