GHOST POP is a book of stories and illustrations contributed by members of Bitter Party. The book honors the unheard sounds that inspire our songs and pays tribute to spirits from distant times and places related to our personal and family history. This book is co-released with album of same title.
Edited by Umi Hsu
Design by Nathan Lam Vuong
58 pages of stories, drawings, interviews, lyrics translations
Limited Edition of 200 copies
Buy the book + listen to the album
ISBN 978-0-578-44454-3
Excerpts from GHOST POP
“We play ghost pop. We use the term ‘ghost pop’ to refer to inspirations from distant times and places that exist outside of mainstream social consciousness. Not all ghosts are bad. In the spirit of American novelist Toni Morrison, we evoke ‘good ghosts’ from our childhoods and draw upon memories of our ancestors as inspiration.”
“Animate the ghosts. Tune into kindred spirits. Dance to their heartbeats. Sing to soothe the anxieties from another time and place. We are the proud queer children of the postcolony… We listen to the ghosts and ask them to sing with us.”