Moonlover

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Moonlover
Ghost Bath - Moonlover cover art.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)
Recorded Michigan
Genre
Length42:06, 49:36 (reissue)
Label Northern Silence, Nuclear Blast (reissue)
Producer Joshua Schroeder
Ghost Bath chronology
Funeral
(2014)
Moonlover
(2015)

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]

Contents

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound B+ [2]
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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.TitleLength
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
Reissue bonus track
No.TitleLength
8."Ascension"7:30

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rothmund, David Lee (March 6, 2015). "Uplifting Depressive Black Metal: Ghost Bath's Moonlover". MetalSucks . Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kivel, Adam (March 12, 2015). "Ghost Bath – Moonlover". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  3. Kelly, Kim (February 27, 2015). "Is Ghost Bath Really China's Answer to Deafheaven?". Vice . Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  4. Nelson, Michael (January 8, 2015). "Ghost Bath – "Golden Number"". Stereogum . Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  5. Cohen, Ian (September 17, 2015). "Hate It or Love It: Return of Deafheaven — Metal's Most Divisive Band". Pitchfork . Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  6. Moonlover album liner notes