Ghost Piss

"Rude Dudes" is the lead single from ghost piss' debut album "Dream Girl," available May 3 on Sockhead Records. ❀✿❀へ(-_- へ)～❀✿❀⁣ "I wrote this song while on a broody walk across the Brooklyn Bridge with a new phone in one pocket, and a broken phone in the other. I went back and forth about switching various situationships’ phone numbers into the new one, but when I looked out on a sea of millions of windows and realized how silly that was. Each window held a different person, maybe one of them was the love of my life?! Why hold on to relationships that don’t work when there’s a world full of people out there? I left their numbers and that chapter behind. This song marked the moment I realized I was ready to MEAN SOMETHIN to SOMEBODY. But the more I sang it to myself the more I realized it applied to crushes and friends alike. In this video, I go on an adventure to meet up with my bff @nonbinarygirlfriend for a smoke sesh and walk. Their friendship helped me through a catastrophic breakup, and I am eternally grateful to them. Check out NONBINARY GIRLFRIEND’s amazing music while ur at it!" -ghost piss

"Dream Girl" is the debut album by Portland, Oregon's ghost piss AKA River Allen. The DIY pop star legend has made home in many places across the US, and they've been making music for the better part of a decade, and yet, they've never released an album. But everything is about to change...

River found Dream Girl while sulking around a historic cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. They spotted a memorial with a statue of a woman’s silhouette adorned in beads, and surrounded by trinkets. There was no name on the headstone. Just “Dream Girl”. On the footstone was the woman’s name, and the words “Gone Shopping.” The woman had passed away 25 years to the exact day that they found her. River began visiting her on a weekly basis, bringing her little offerings- mascara, hair ties, coins, lighters, lip gloss, pretty rocks.

Eventually River would bring her trusted friends with the understanding that they too would come with a gift for her. Come spring, they pulled her weeds and planted bulbs around her. Dream Girl was rarely lonely, for many a summer picnic was had at her headstone. Dream Girl meant something different to each person that passed by her. River began to confront and unravel their non-binary identity while journaling under Dream Girl’s shadow. River also began to process the unhealthy relationships that seemed to plague her early 20’s. They realized that it was time to put the idea of being someone’s “Dream Girl” to rest, and instead be honest with themselves about who they were.

Some of the songs on “Dream Girl '' are hard to sing for River, dredging up emotions from times where they were complicit in being treated so poorly. But looking back on this album feels triumphant now that they have set boundaries, found healthy love, are comfortable in their gender identity, unlearned codependency, and finally believe in themself. These songs helped River get through the hardest part of their life. They hope this album gives someone else hope that things will absolutely get better once you put your happiness first.