A Ghost in My Shadow, by Eponymous 4

A Ghost in My Shadow

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1.	Untold Demons 04:27	buy track
2.	Heard and Said 02:52	buy track
3.	Light of Day 03:47	buy track
4.	Dusk 04:04	buy track
5.	Risk (Wait and See) 04:17	buy track
6.	Go 03:52	buy track
7.	Five (Ambiguous Friendships) 06:04	buy track
8.	Faith in Religion 05:30	buy track
9.	Beat of the Heart 04:02	buy track
10.	Nagasaki 02:36	buy track
11.	No Exit 03:38	buy track

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Having fleshed out music for two full-length albums and three EPs, Eponymous 4's Greg Bueno turned his attention to a binder full of aging manuscripts from more than 20 years ago. These were the first songs he wrote while in high school.

They were awful.

But a few song, such as "Promises" and "Silver Sting", survived that era, and Greg wondered if perhaps there were some rough diamonds in that binder. So he went through each song and tried to suss out what his inexperienced ear had been attempting to do. Most of the songs went under such intense revision to become entirely new works with traces of their earlier identities.

The very first song he wrote, "Untold Demons", pretty much retained its title and first six chords. "Go" started out as a power ballad but turned into a '90s alt-rocker. "Dusk" retained its heavy influence from Duran Duran. The manuscript for "Light of Day" was missing most of its pages, but the surviving material was enough to fashion a new track. "Beat of the Heart" and "Nagasaki" were the only tracks to retain their original forms.

A few other tracks — "Five (Ambiguous Friendships)", "No Exit", "Faith in Religion" — had been recorded on the workstation stolen in 1998 and were re-recorded.

"A Ghost in My Shadow" is an archival collection remodeled, the old turned to new. It's the work of a young, inexperienced songwriter realized by an older, less inexperienced mentor.

"A Ghost in My Shadow" is the fifth volume in the Ex Machina Series.

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released October 22, 2013

All music and lyrics by Greg Bueno
Published by Shinkyoku Advocacy (ASCAP)

Eponymous 4:
Greg Bueno » keyboards, guitars, bass, vocals

Produced and engineered by Greg Bueno

Recorded in the Closet, 2005-2011, Austin, TX and the Closet West 2013, Seattle, WA

Photography by Nick Rowe/Stockbyte (Getty Images)
Cover design by Greg Bueno

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Eponymous 4 Seattle, Washington

Eponymous 4 is the home studio project of Greg Bueno, a lapsed musician and web developer or a lapsed developer and web musician. It depends.