Burntmill Ghosts Reveal “Innocence Lost” EP

In 2021, Pete Vincell and Ian Egloff of Burntmill Ghosts originally got together to work on some songs they had brewing. Partly out of boredom and partly out of an eagerness to eventually get these tracks into the world, they fine tuned the songs sitting around a fire pit drinking some beers. In an effort to keep the songs fresh, the guys decided to go into the studio with Pete Steinkopf (Bouncing Souls) and recruited AJ Martinez (Doc Rotten) to play drums on the tracks.

After the songs were recorded, the guys had a decision to make. At the time, Pete and Ian were members of The Fullers who had released the album Cheers in April 2020 via SBAM Records and ProRawk Records, so they decided to release the new songs that way too. The two singles, Maple Place and Tulsa Heart, are today available as the Innocence Lost EP that will give listeners an idea of their new album due for release in 2024.

“Maple Place”: This is one of the few songs that I’ve written based on my own personal experiences growing up. It’s meant to invoke memories of being a kid, when life was simple, when the biggest problem you had was falling off your bike or not having a ball to play with. We were so much smarter then. “Tulsa Heat”: Written from the perspective of the African American teenager, Dick Rowland,  who was accused of assaulting a white woman in Tulsa Oklahoma in 1921. Consequently, rumors of a lynching ensued and soon after white mobs permanently destroyed the prominent and successful neighborhood of Greenwood, commonly referred to as Black Wall Street, killing an unknown number of African Americans.” (vocals and guitar Pete Vincelli)