The Casket Girls Premiere “Sleepwalking” Video. Watch Now. Debut Album Out Nov. 6.

The Casket Girls are a new three-piece band hailing from Savannah, GA. Comprised of Ryan Graveface (Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Marshmallow Ghosts, Dreamend) who wrote and played all the song structures, and newcomers, Elsa and Phaedra Greene, who wrote and performed all of the vocals.

The Casket Girls happened – as most things do – by accident. Ryan was visiting his future home, and in walking through one of the city’s 22 squares, he happened upon two girls playing autoharp and singing bizarre songs. He watched from afar, eventually approaching them with the idea for the band. Ryan had been (and still is) obsessed with the Shangri-Las, and the sisters personified his desire of a far darker and more complex version of the 60s group.

The band’s debut album, Sleepwalking, came about rather quickly. Ryan sent Elsa and Phaedra 20+ songs he thought they could add to, and they came back with vocals for 15 of them. He asked TW Walsh (Pedro the Lion, Soft Drugs, Headphones) to throw down some substantial drums to contrast the weaker drum machines he had already recorded, and the album was finished. Sleepwalking has a number of exceptional tracks that are sure to be anything from radio hits to jams blasted in the privacy of a nerd’s home. “Heartless” is a driving, yet depressive disco. The title track is a sweeping epic with bleakly resolute lyrics.

10-27 savannah, ga – graveface fest (southern pine company) ^

10-29 orlando, fl – the social ^

10-30 miami, fl – the stage ^

10-31 tampa, fl – crowbar ^

11-1 tallahassee, fl – club downunder (fsu) ^

11- 2 new orleans, la – one eyed jacks ^

11- 3 austin, tx – the mohawk ^

11- 6 dallas, tx – the loft ^

11- 7 nashville, tn – exit/in ^

11- 8 louisville, ky – zanzabar ^

11- 9 columbus, oh – skullys ^

11- 10 pittsburgh, pa – mr. smalls theatre ^

11- 16 sacramento, ca – ace of spades &

11- 17 san francisco, ca – regency ballroom &

11- 20 san diego, ca – house of blues &

11- 23 phoenix, az – crescent ballroom &

11- 24 las vegas, nv – house of blues &

12-3 boston, ma – paradise ^

12-5 nyc, ny – bowery ballroom ^

12-6 brooklyn, ny – music hall of williamsburg ^

12-7 philadelphia, pa – union transfer ^

12-8 washington dc – u street music hall ^

^ w/ Black Moth Super Rainbow

& w/ The Faint

Debut Album Out November 6, 2012 on Graveface Records

Track listing:

1. Walking on a Wire / 2. I’ve got a Secret / 3. Sleepwalking / 4. Whistle and I Will Come / 5. Heartless / 6. The Visitor / 7. Everybody Else / 8. You Never Know / 9. Amputated Fate /10. Give it all Away

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