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, The Dharma Chain and most recently with Pink Breath Of Heaven 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 and the early UK shoegazing era, their songwriting captures a range of energies; at times delivering a certain directness and intensity and at other times invoke 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), Daniel Armstrong (bass) and James Walker (drums).

 

Upcoming Releases

Singles- 'Mirror Image/Run'. Releases Aug 21, 2026.

Album- ‘Mirror Image’. Releases November 20, 2026.
(Mixed and mastered by Jason Shaw at Fuzzface Studio). 

On their second full length album ‘Mirror Image’, out November 20, 2026, (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

Single- 'Idle'- released July 3, 2026. 

Single- ‘Silhouette/Cirrus’-released May 29, 2026 on Fuzzed Up & Astromoon Records. 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’.

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, Turn Me On Dead Man and Afterglow Echoplex podcasts.

 

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‘Silhouette’ single review- Static Sounds Club 

Across this new single, Ghost Patterns look at a world that has slipped off course from a distant viewpoint, carrying a deep wish for connection and a route back to somewhere familiar. It is a big emotional idea for two songs to hold, and the physical single gives it an appealing shape: one side for the outline below, one side for the clouds high above it.

Side A gives us ‘Silhouette’, a title that suggests a figure viewed at distance, familiar in shape while its details remain out of reach. Heavy repeating fuzz supplies the foundation, with distorted guitars gathering in broad layers and Walker’s drums lending the mass a firm pulse. Hale allows density to feel inviting, building a guitar sound with real heft and a melodic current moving through its centre. Pedal shaped tones and analogue synth colours sit around those guitars. The song’s emotional charge comes from that separation. ‘Silhouette’ keeps home present as an outline, close enough to recognise and far enough away to ache for.

Once the record turns, ‘Cirrus’ lifts the viewpoint higher. The dreamier reach of the Ghost Patterns sound is given space here, with modulated shoegaze washes and keyboard tones spreading around the layered guitars. Its title is beautifully chosen. Cirrus suggests thin clouds hanging far above the ground, and that image fits a song concerned with removal and return. Walker’s percussion provides a human motion inside the haze, while the melodic shapes point towards warmth beneath all of that altered guitar colour. ‘Cirrus’ feels like the point where longing begins to find direction, looking down through the clouds and searching for the place it still calls home.

 

‘Silhouette’ single review- Turn Up The Volume

Chord by chord Silhouette’ turns into a titanic, psychedelic wall of blistering guitars. Mind bending, entrancing and hypnotic. The non-stop jamming tension of The Brian Jonestown Massacre springs to mind. Stupefying.

'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.