Review Summary: The Ghost debut with something less then great but start on the right foot.
The Ghost, native of Faroe Islands, sounds like a band that has a lot of potential but still are very young. They seem to have "U2" moments that I'm not to fond of and rather annoyed me. At times, The Ghost have great sounds, smooth vocals and quality melodies, but they need to step back and stop listening to "Joshua Tree" for a moment and realize that they can do something completely original. If they embrace the electronic sound more, they might be able to give their music that edge needed.
With more experience, better choice of producing, and a completely original sounds, The Ghost can have something going on!
As for as the album as a whole, there were some good moments, particularly Track 2, Dream of Subak and Track 6, War Kids. As the album went on though, they seem to drag their feet. Track 7, Love is Nothing made me not want to here a flute ever again. Bad idea. It turned a ok track into a “skip this song now please” track. Track 8, Superhero did absolutely nothing for me and frankly I was bored by the end of the album.
I feel that we could see The Ghost learn from this album and explode into something fantastic. We just need to wait for that time to come. Ok start, but we want more from a band that could produce great things.
