Why I started Citizens of Ghost Nation

I never planned to start a community site for a band. I'm not a journalist. I'm not a superfan in the "runs five Twitter accounts and argues with strangers" sense. I just kept listening to the same songs on repeat, and eventually decided the rest of the internet wasn't saying enough about them.

So here we are.

Who this is for

If you found Ghost Nation through a Spotify playlist and wondered who these people are, this is for you. If you heard Unforgiven on a TikTok and went down the rabbit hole, this is for you. If you've been listening since 2017, same.

Fair warning. Most of what's written here is going to be fan takes. Subjective. Probably wrong in places. The band doesn't run this site, and they don't get a say in what gets posted.

What you'll find here

• Reviews of every track worth talking about
• Deep dives into lyrics, production choices, and the weird little details that make the songs stick
• History of the band as best as I can piece it together
• Recommendations for when you've streamed Lost fifty times and need something adjacent
• The Wall, which is a place where anyone with an account can post short takes, links, whatever

How this works

Sign up. Become a citizen. Post things. That's really it.

I'm going to keep writing blog posts every week or so, more if something new drops. If you want to contribute a post, get in touch. I'd rather this ends up with a handful of real voices than one person typing into a vacuum.

A note about the band

Ghost Nation is a duo from Stockholm. Tomas Vasseur on vocals. Micke Berg on production. They've been putting out music since 2017, they don't tour, they're not signed. They've quietly racked up something like twelve million streams and a bunch of #1s on the Spotify Viral charts, which is not nothing, but they also don't seem to want to be a big deal about it.

That combination is what got me. A band that clearly cares about what they make, doesn't play the industry game, and has built a real audience anyway.

What's next

Reviews of Unforgiven, Lost, and Insane are coming first. Then a proper history post. Then whatever feels right.

If you want to be notified when new stuff lands, grab the RSS feed. If you want to talk to other people about any of this, sign up and hit the Wall.

Welcome to the nation. Rootless. Borderless. Whatever.