After leaving The Antlers to focus his own work, Justin Stivers has finally put his solo career into motion, with two full albums sitting under his belt. The first release will be his own winter variations EP, set for release on September 14.

According to Justin, “winter variations is a product of schizophrenia. After nearly a year of tracking and mixing Pet Ghost Project’s newest LP Shelf Life (set for release in 2011), focus meandered. The slow process of releasing an album just wasn’t sitting right. (We) were constantly waiting – waiting for the label, waiting for funds, waiting for others to give the go ahead. Enter winter variations, an album born of urgency and immediate gratification. Re-arranging one song off of each album they’ve done in the past and recorded in just 3 short hours (all in one or two takes) at Serious Business Records in New York City. This EP is Pet Ghost Project stripped of all pretension and excess.”

Pet Ghost Project will celebrate the release of winter variations with a special hometown show on September 10 at Cameo Gallery in Brooklyn with Miniboone, Quiet Loudly, and Gunfight!

Check out more info “after the jump”

[mp3] Pet Ghost Project – “Age of Automatics”

Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, Justin Stivers started the Pet Ghost Project musings as a basement recording experiment around 2003. Despite comparisons to Neutral Milk Hotel, Animal Collective, Pavement and Tortoise (to name a few), the band has successfully carved out an endearing niche in a dark corner of the musical world that is entirely theirs.

Former member of The Antlers (bassist on Hospice), Justin has recorded and produced 6 albums to date. And acquiring the help of fellow multi-instrumentalists Jacob More, Justin Gonzales and Chris Patin (member of The Calm Blue Sea) has only further broadened the palette and expanded upon the raw, unbridled soundscapes of Pet Ghost Project.

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