Ghost
Pains – Tracklisting
2.Wherever You Are 05:50
3.Outside Emptiness 07:55
4.Hospital Bed 04:56
5.Ghost Pains 06:39
6.Running Through Dreams (feat. Jarboe) 02:39
7.Only Everything 06:41
8.Coda 05:52
9.Trust The Outsiders 05:58
Words by Gavin Brown
Ghost Pains is available to buy on DD/Vinyl via SuperFi Records from February 17th 2017.
7.Only Everything 06:41
8.Coda 05:52
9.Trust The Outsiders 05:58
Band
Members
Darren Kaskie - Guitar + Vocals
Alex Morgan -Bass
Ian Charles - Drums
Review
Welsh
trio The Death Of Money return, having dropped the Her from their
name, with their best album yet, the breathtaking Ghost Pains, an
album that grows better after each listen. Ghost Pains is a heavy
record, not only sonically but more in terms of its spirit and the
feelings that the music evokes and the whole experience is a hypnotic
and harrowing but extremely rewarding trip through the bands music.
The
album gets off to a crushing start from the very first notes of
opening song New Son and the sheer power of the music of The Death Of
Money takes hold of you immediately and doesn't let go until the last
wail of feedback on closing track Trust The a outsiders ring out.
There are elements of each song that let you catch your breath that
are necessary before the hypnotic power of the music grabs you by the
throat again and passes you through an emotional wringer, it is that
powerful.
The
repetition of mantras works in the bands favour throughout the
record, encasing you in a sense of familiarity but there are always
surprises lurking that take a hold you when you are least expecting
it. There is a calmness on the album too but it is a foreboding calm
that works in tandem with that element of surprise and this is the
true beauty of Ghost Pains.
Songs
such as Hospital Bed and the albums title track are beautifully
realised songs and show a different kind of heaviness, a trait that
is littered throughout the album.
The
music on here is a soul crushing morphing of the sheer power of
Neurosis with the stealthy overwhelming power of My Bloody Valentine,
and if it sounds this good on record then it can only sound even
better in a live environment. That Neurot connection is cemented by
the appearance of Neurosis collaborator and Swans chanteuse Jarboe on
the triumphant Running Through Dreams, a bewitching mix of the bands
hazy riffs and the ethereal majesty of Jarboe's voice, one of the
greatest voices ever, her vocals soar between being hypnotic and
simply beautiful as only she can and although there is a stillness to
the track, it is heavy on a way that most bands cannot comprehend.
By
the time the album reaches its climax with the mighty closing trio of
the vast loneliness of Only Everything, the caustic vibe of Coda and
perfect album closer, the painfully joyful Trust The Outsiders, the
bands vision has been truly realised. Ghost Pains is an all
encompassing triumph of an album and one that The Death Of Money
should be truly proud of. This is the sound of the bands ethos fully
realised, Painful, heartbreaking but uplifting too. A simply stunning
record.
Ghost Pains is available to buy on DD/Vinyl via SuperFi Records from February 17th 2017.
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