Step Softly, Ghost were a band from Fort Wayne, Indiana. True to their midwestern roots, they played midwest emo similar to the Kansas City sound, alternating song sections between the soft and discordant sides of emo. I would say their only EP, Ruined In Repetition, sort of sits between the two Boys Life albums, sonically speaking. They remind me of Dirtnap and sometimes The Interstate Ten, though the song structure here tends to be a bit tighter. The 2003 release date is interesting, because they were a late-period second wave band, but have avoided the smoothing of the midwest emo sound that most bands of this time demonstrate. They're a heavier band than that, largely devoid of the indie rock influences that color most other late-period second wave emo bands.
Discogs lists Ruined In Repetition as a minialbum, but the band's old page on Local Band Network says it's an EP, so that's what I'm going with. Besides the EP, they released a split 7" with Fall On Deaf Years and a Demo CDr in 2002. For download, I've made available the EP, the split, and a unique compilation track from 2003.
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