''Hungry Ghost'' is the third studio album by Australian

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band

Violent Soho Violent Soho were an Australian alternative rock band that was formed in 2004 in the Brisbane suburb of Mansfield, Queensland originally under the name of "showroom". For the majority of the band's existence, the line-up was composed of Luke Bo ...

. It was released on I Oh You Records in September 2013.

Title

According to the band's frontman Luke Beardham, the title of the album and the song of the same name, originally referring to

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, was taken from the book ''Culture Jam'' by Canadian civil activist

Kalle Lasn Kalle Lasn () (born March 24, 1942) is an Estonian-Canadian film maker, author, magazine editor, and activist. Near the end of World War II, his family fled Estonia and Lasn spent some time in a German refugee camp. At age seven he was resettled ...

a and allegorically implies a person who, in an effort to fulfill his desire, loses himself. Boredam has also said Hungry Ghost "dealt with the spiritual skeleton we've become from this spoon-fed reality."

Track listing

Personnel

Violent Soho * Luke Boerdam – lead vocals, rhythm guitars * James Tidswell – lead guitars * Luke Henery – bass guitars, backing vocals * Michael Richards – drums, percussion

Charts

Certifications

ARIA Awards

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References

{{Authority control 2013 albums Violent Soho albums SideOneDummy Records albums