Ghost Patterns are a psychedelic shoegaze band from London. Since forming in 2019, they have shared stages with the likes of Helicon, Cult Of Dom Keller, Daiistar, Magic Shoppe, New Candys and most recently supported Ceremony East Coast, Tremours and The Dharma Chain on UK dates which has seen them garner further support across the modern psych and shoegaze communities. 
 

Inspired by 60's psychedelia, the late 70’s/ 80’s independent scene, through to the early UK shoegazing era, traces of their influences can be heard across their debut E.P (‘Oracle’ 2020), album (‘Infinite’ 2021) and singles (2022-2025). Throughout each of the recordings to date, their songwriting captures a range of energies; at times delivering a certain directness and intensity and at other times invoking wider, more expansive lush cinematic type arrangements. Their live performances often go beyond the confines and discipline of the recording environment, leading to freer improvisations reminiscent of the modern psych scene. Expect washed-out guitars and effects including a cacophony of delays, reverbs, fuzz and feedback, complimented by an array of analogue synth sounds.

Their current live show has a five piece line-up, featuring songwriter Terry Hale (vocals/guitar), Christian Ruffy (guitar/vocals), Barry Ang (keyboards), Andrew Paxton-Gray (bass) and James Walker (drums).

Upcoming Releases

Single- ‘Silhouette/Cirrus’. Releases May 2026.

Album- ‘Mirror Image’. Releases November 2026.
(Mixed and mastered by Jason Shaw at Fuzzface Studio). 

Their new single, ‘Silhouette’/‘Cirrus’,written and recorded by songwriter Terry Hale with James Walker on drums and percussion, sees the band explore their penchant for heavy repetitive fuzz drones and layered distorted guitars, combined with trippy, melodic and dreamy modulated shoegaze washes. Added to this sonic concoction, otherworldly sounds appear via stacked pedal effects and retro keyboards in the form of analogue synths. The single’s overriding theme places the listener into a distant, detached space, looking down on a world that has lost its way, but also with a sense of wishing and longing to return ‘home’.

On their second full length album ‘Mirror Image’, (written and recorded by songwriter Terry Hale with James Walker on drums and percussion), they continue to refine and enhance their multi-layered productions featuring shimmering guitars filled with reverb, abrasive heavy fuzz and other distorted psychedelic overtones. Added to the musical palette are playful electronic experimentations in the form of retro analogue keyboards, with vocals expressing an ethereal, otherworldly and at times, unsettling mood at its core. 

Lyrically, the songwriting touches upon themes such as environmental concern, cosmic perception and renewal/ decay, information overload and ideas around deception, whether it be via political or other forms of subtle manipulation. More personal themes revolve around ideas of family, self-reflection and age.  

Previous Releases
Thale Sessions Vol.1- released September 19, 2025.
Single, ‘Solid Air’- released March 31, 2024.
Single, ‘Prize’- released August 11, 2023. (Mixed and mastered by Jason Shaw at Fuzzface Studio). 
Singles, ‘Howl/DroneJam’- released March 4, 2022. 
Debut album, 'Infinite'- released September 3, 2021. 
EP 'Oracle'- released June 2020. 
Debut single 'Disappears'- released November 2019. 

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Press/ Reviews
Their music has collectively been featured on L.A.'s KXLU Part-Time Punks radio show (US), DKFM’s Shoegaze Radio New Music Weekend, Drowned In A Sea Of Sound Spotify playlist and This Radiant Hour radio show (US), Amazing Radio (UK&US), Ear Drum Buzz Radio (US), When The Sun Hits (US), The Reverb, Artrocker Radio and Radio Wigwam (UK). They have also been covered by U.S. Second Scene print magazine (issues 6,10 and 16), Backseat Mafia, White Light/Heat Heat, Songs From Under the Floorboard, Isolation Records, Static Sounds Club and Tilley’s Music Guidance blog as ‘ones to watch’.

'Prize' single review- Backseat Mafia
‘Prize’ is a cataclysmic onslaught of jangling, scything guitars and fuzzy, ambulant bass that creates an immersive wash, while distant, observant and louche dual vocals stream through the undercurrent. The driving attack has ghostly synth filigrees that add a haunting glow, and there is a thoroughly cathartic element to the sounds: driving, insistent and ominous, yet sweetened by melody and an anthemic force. While it is easy to compare Ghost Patterns to Ride, Slowdive or a less brutal My Bloody Valentine, there is an added pop sensibility that recalls The Cure or The Stone Roses as well as a laced veil of goth. Added to this is a psychedelic, chemically induced burnish – a sixties jingle jangle sound that recalls The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Ultimately, though, Ghost Patterns are their own living creature, breathing a fiery breath of fresh air into the genre. 

'Howl/Drone Jam' single reviews- Static Sounds Club (UK) 
‘Drone Jam’. 
A very literal title as we dive headlong into a vortex of swirling guitars and pounding drums. This instrumental delivers new levels of intensity with each section. It certainly keeps the listener on their toes. By the closing section you are fully under their spell. ‘Drone Jam’ is a psyche wig out that delivers in spades. ‘Howl’ on the other hand is a driven, vocal track with canyon size reverb and a riff ten feet tall. This band really does deal in widescreen aural treats. There is an early Cure, goth feel to the backing and delivery which when blended with their psyche sound makes for something all of their own. 

‘Infinite’ album reviews Turn Up The Volume (BE) - Album Of The Month/ Best Albums Of 2021 
‘..the amplified haziness of Slowdive, the mystifying nightmares of Spacemen 3, the multi-layer-constructing skills of My Bloody Valentine.’ ‘Ghost Patterns design hallucinating soundscapes, sonic shadowplays where synths and guitars duel with each other while tireless drums dauntlessly beat, and wailing voices wander in an enigmatic fog of reverberation.’ 

Isolation Records (UK) 
‘Though influenced by shoegaze and post-punk, it is psychedelia that dominates this melting pot of sound. There are heavy drones, fuzz and distortion as synths play against guitars and any melodies have to battle simply to survive.’ 

Onyx Music Reviews (AUS) 
‘The noise-scape quality is akin to the early years of Ride or The Jesus And Mary Chain, of whom both have used wonderful melodies wrapped in sonic walls of noise.’ 

'Disappears' Single reviews White Light/ White Heat (IT)
'...A heady dark and immersive blend of shoegaze atmospheric introspection, post-punk moodiness and subtle lysergic nuances.’ 

Turn Up The Volume (BE)

'Haunting guitars a la Interpol...translated into a mind blowing psychedelic escapade.’ 

Track Of The Day 'Disappears' - Little Indie blogs (UK), Noise Artists (FR/ Worldwide) December 2019 Playlist, Shoegazer Sanctuary Radio playlists.