| Moonlover | ||||
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| Released | April 10, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | Michigan | |||
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| Length | 42:06, 49:36 (reissue) | |||
| Label | Northern Silence, Nuclear Blast (reissue) | |||
| Producer | Joshua Schroeder | |||
| Ghost Bath chronology | ||||
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Moonlover is the second studio album by American post-metal band Ghost Bath. Recorded by producer Joshua Schroeder in Michigan,[3] it was released on April 10, 2015 through, Northern Silence Productions.[4] The album is the first Ghost Bath release after the band was revealed to be from North Dakota.[2]
The album drew comparisons to California-based black metal band Deafheaven in terms of style and song titles,[1] which were criticized by Deafheaven guitarist Kerry McCoy.[5]
The album cover art features "La Luna 1989" by Guatemalan photographer Luis González Palma.[6]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Consequence of Sound | B+[2] |
| MetalSucks |  [1] |
The album received generally positive reviews from critics. Adam Kivel of Consequence of Sound thought that the band is "exposing a pained and painful honesty rather than chasing an arbitrary genre mutation." Kivel further wrote: "Rather than approach blackgaze with bared teeth and sharpened knives, Ghost Bath lets you hear the thudding beat of its heart until it can’t hold up anymore."[2] MetalSucks' David Lee Rothmund praised the album, describing it as "a blind dive into a black chasm whose bottom is made of big, cushy teddy bears" and "a real synthesis — not of disparate noises, but of their intensities."[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Sleeping Fields" | 1:26 |
| 2. | "Golden Number" | 9:08 |
| 3. | "Happyhouse" | 8:44 |
| 4. | "Beneath the Shade Tree" | 4:47 |
| 5. | "The Silver Flower Pt. 1" | 4:03 |
| 6. | "The Silver Flower Pt. 2" | 7:33 |
| 7. | "Death and the Maiden" | 6:25 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 8. | "Ascension" | 7:30 |
Personnel
- Ghost Bath — performance
- Joshua Schroeder — production, engineering, mixing, mastering
References
- 1 2 3 4 Rothmund, David Lee (March 6, 2015). "Uplifting Depressive Black Metal: Ghost Bath's Moonlover". MetalSucks. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Kivel, Adam (March 12, 2015). "Ghost Bath – Moonlover". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
- ↑ Kelly, Kim (27 February 2015). "Is Ghost Bath Really China's Answer to Deafheaven?". Vice. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
- ↑ Nelson, Michael (January 8, 2015). "Ghost Bath – "Golden Number"". Stereogum. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
- ↑ Cohen, Ian (September 17, 2015). "Hate It or Love It: Return of Deafheaven — Metal's Most Divisive Band". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
- ↑ Moonlover album liner notes