Former Ghosts

Former Ghosts is the project of former This Song Is a Mess But So Am I member Freddy Ruppert, with collaborations from multiple people including Jamie Stewart, a longtime friend of Ruppert. They create music in a dark synth-pop style.

Speaking on the formation of the band, Ruppert has said:"'A lot of the songs were written before Former Ghosts even really came together as a full on band. Once I had decided that this was going to be a new music project for me, having Jamie on board just came naturally. We had always talked about doing a project in this kind of style but both of our schedules were just too busy to actually do it, but then it ended up working out this time around.'undefined"During the creation of debut album Fleurs, the three core members (Ruppert, Stewart, and Nika Danilova of Zola Jesus) were all living in different states (California, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, respectively) and would email completed sections of songs to each other to work on collaboratively, though Ruppert did the majority of the writing.

The album received generally favourable reviews, with a 3/5 from All Music.undefined

LPs:

 * 2009 - Fleurs
 * 2010 - New Love

Singles & EPs:

 * 2015 - Split 7" w/ Funeral Advantage

Members
Founded by lead songwriter Freddy Ruppert, with collaborations from multiple people including:

Jamie Stewart

Nika Roza Danilova of Zola Jesus

Yasmine Kittles of Tearist

Annie Lewandowski of Powerdove

Carla Bozulich

Live incarnations have also included Jherek Bischoff and Sam Mickens.