Length 42:06, 49:36 (reissue) Funeral(2014) Moonlover(2015) Release date 10 April 2015 | Producer Joshua Schroeder | |
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Released April 10, 2015 (2015-04-10) Label Northern Silence Productions Similar Sunbather, As the Stars, Beware the Sword You Cannot S, New Bermuda, Scar Sighted | ||
Sleeping fields
Moonlover is the second studio album by American black metal band Ghost Bath. Recorded by producer Joshua Schroeder in Michigan, it was released on April 10, 2015 through, Northern Silence Productions. The album is first Ghost Bath release after the band was revealed to be from North Dakota.
Contents
The album drew comparisons to California-based black metal band Deafheaven in terms of style and song titles, which were criticized by Deafheaven guitarist Kerry McCoy.
The album cover art features "La Luna 1989" by Guatemalan photographer Luis González Palma.
Ghost bath beneath the shade tree
Critical reception
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." 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."
Personnel
Songs
1The Sleeping Fields1:27
2Golden Number9:08
3Happyhouse8:45