Omaha's LEAFBLOWER dip into the supernatural with their single "Ghosts"

LEAFBLOWER Launch Their New Single “GHOSTS” Released on August 14, 2025

With the powerful opening beat of the kick drum, Omaha’s post-rock masters LEAFBLOWER launch into their new preternatural single “GHOSTS” which is released on August 14, 2025 via Max Trax Records. Taken from their latest album Burn Cruise which was released in June 2025, the song had an appropriately ominous origin. “The lyrics for the song were written in the wee hours of the night,” confesses vocalist/guitarist Danny Maxwell. “I couldn’t sleep, so I got up and watched some TV. I thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye, then I felt a warming presence near me, though I didn’t feel threatened.”

Adding the words to drummer Tab Tworek’s music, they created a track that couples a powerful rhythm section of Tworek and bassist/theremin/vocalist Craig Fort with Clark Jahn’s searing guitars and Maxwell’s ice-piercing vocals. The result is a gritty power jam of ace musicianship in lockstep.

Accompanied by a surreal video starring their aged octogenarian mascot “Tim” who had been a common star of their social media presence, going about his every day activities, like delivering babies, jumping in puddles, taking the aforementioned baby on errands, fastened in a BabyBjörn, and, in a rather meta sequence, using a leafblower. “Tim is our mascot,” continues Maxwell. “We had a run of 200+ consecutive posts on Instagram and Facebook featuring these little 7-second skits of Tim doing anything from everyday activities like skating, preparing meals, and landscaping duties to extraordinary moments like doing the wave at an empty ballpark and lying still enough to feed a wild fox a chicken leg.”

A fixture in the Omaha rock scene since 2016 as a fun side project while each member focused on their primary bands, Leafblower is proud to be part of their local scene. “Omaha has had a powerful influence on all of us,” contends Maxwell. “We came together as a band in Omaha, with three of the fellas eventually moving here from nearby cities for school, work, and family.” “Omaha is full of amazing creative people,” agrees Fort, who also credits the city’s fertile music scene. Having been employed at O’Leaver’s Pub where he worked multiple shows a week for both local and touring bands, he also cut his teeth running a “D.I.Y. basement venue called Fort House for years that was a place for local bands to get their feet wet in a comfortable inviting environment. It’s been very easy to stay entertained in Omaha as far as music goes.”

Leafblower-Tim-Photo Credit G-Knee Photo

The band’s amalgamated sound coalesced into the post-rock masterpiece that is their album Burn Cruise. “Burn Cruise is made up of a collection of songs we’ve written over the last couple of years,” concludes Maxwell, proud of their debut. “The album has taken on its own identity through the scope of our shared experiences. Like taking a moment in traffic to have a gander within. Focusing on oneself amongst the noise.”

Leafblower is Danny Maxwell (guitar/vocals), Clark Jahn (guitar), Tab Tworek (drums), and Craig Fort (bass/theremin/vocals). Their new album Burn Cruise is out now via Max Trax Records. Listen to the album HERE or purchase the vinyl HERE.