Race The Ghost is made up of two sets of brothers -- Michael and Frank Salati and Vincent and Benjamin Bruni -- a quartet representative of what you get when you cross defiant altar boys with disenchanted adulthood. The refined songwriting on their self-titled new album reflects the passions of a generation seeking fulfillment, love, respect or just a place of their own in a world permeated by melancholy and desperation. Race The Ghost is about pushing back against the pressures and expectations of everyday life. While their lyrics lean toward introspection, their music possesses an inescapable speed and power, galvanizing audiences, and provoking movement from even the stiffest joints of audiophiles. One thing that unites all their music is the sense of clinging to the fleeting safety of childhood and the quickly evaporating present and the precious time that is drifting away from every one of us at every moment, a celebration of fatalism and a wish for something better. Its a reflection of their own regret and the effort to erase it. Race The Ghost eventually discovered what any artist eventually learns about living on bread alone. The hunger to make music built up until they decided more than 3 years ago that they needed to find the time and energy to play together just as much as they needed to pay their bills. Anyone who has ever had a creative passion knows there's a certain point where, no matter how hard it gets, that dream must be chased. Their unpretentious approach to performing and songwriting, coupled with their nuanced musicianship, and a desire to satisfy audiences has already built them a following in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, where they often played at schools and local venues as teenagers. Luckily, their friends and fans have followed, as proven by the crowds that gathered at bars and clubs for their return to Pittsburgh stages in 2005. by Anthony Breznican