Ghostbound are a band from New York that plays an avant garde mixture of blackgaze and post punk and this is a review of their 2021 album "Extended Play For My Sweet Mary Thyme" which will be released in March by Red Nebula Records.
Field recordings and water sounds start off the album before going into a heavier direction while also introducing melodic guitar leads onto the recording. When the music speeds up a great amount pf blast beats and black metal elements can be heard and the acoustic guitars also give the songs more of a progressive feeling when they are utilized.
The music also adds in the heaviness of post metal while the vocals are done in mostyl a great style. The album also has its atmospheric moments along with a great portion of the tracks also being very long and epic in length as well as the riffs also adding in a good amount of melody and synths can also be heard at times.
All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them along with the music also mixing in a lot of avant garde touches. Orchestrations can also be heard in some parts of the album as well as also mixing in shoegaze style soundscapes, spoken word parts can also be heard briefly and the songs also show an influence of post punk. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover oceanic and maritime themes.
In my opinion Ghostbound are a very great sounding avant garde mixture of blackgaze and post punk and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "And We Are Already At Sea" and "Seaward". 8 out of 10.
https://ghostbound.bandcamp.com/album/all-is-phantom
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