Ghostland Observatory’s approach to music–sonically, aesthetically and conceptually–is a melding of the different personalities of its two members, Thomas Ross Turner and Aaron Behrens. Whereas Turner, the producer/drummer/keyboardist of the duo, finds solace in minimal, bleak cable-patch squawks and analog-disco-thump, Behrens’ interests lie more along the lines of ‘psychedelia,’ rock and various country and blues artists. The result is a shimmering, pulsing pop music that is at once kinetically alive with Behrens’ striking vocals and driving guitar work and anchored firmly by Turner’s percussive beats and Moog-generated melodies and hooks. Behrens and Turner formed Ghostland Observatory in Austin in 2003 and haven’t looked back since. With their newest album, Codename: Rondo, Ghostland Observatory has taken a step in a new direction, both creatively and technically maintaining the essential elements of their unmistakable sound: “sweaty, raw-boned, and direct from the future.”