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Ghosts
Folk · 2020 · 8 tracks · 30m

Ghosts

A skeletal, grief-heavy collection of songs processing the loss of the Timmins' mother. Sparse electric guitars and hushed vocals create a profound, heavy intimacy.

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It's like a long, quiet conversation about a loss you're not quite ready to talk about yet.

A profound and unvarnished exploration of familial loss that feels both heavy and strangely supportive.

Ghosts · vs · Cowboy Junkies
Mournful+3.7σ

Mournful saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks · 30m
01
Desire Lines
5:58
02
Breathing
3:24
03
Grace Descends
3:48
04
(You Don’t Get to) Do It Again
4:32
05
The Possessed
3:22
06
Misery
2:51
07
This Dog Barks
3:25
08
Ornette Coleman
3:21
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the guitar feedback on Desire Lines acts as a physical manifestation of grief, buzzing just beneath the surface of the melody.
Margo Timmins' voice breaking into a near-whisper on Breathing, making the listener feel like an intruder in a private moment.
The sudden, jarring rhythmic shifts in Ornette Coleman that disrupt the album's otherwise steady, somber pulse.
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