Love Ghost Craft Nightmare-ish Dystopia with “Ski Mask” _There is no one better to inject rock with a darker psychedelic edge than Love Ghost hailing from Los Angeles. At the moment experiencing a genre-bending ascent to international stardom, the collective’s new single “Ski Mask” places them once more at the vanguard of art-rock innovation.
Joined by avant-industrial pioneer Skold, “Ski Mask” immerses the audience into a dark and gritty world. Lead singer Finnegan Bell passionately narrates us through the dark musical landscape, and shares gritty snapshots of substance dependency and social decay. Skold builds an infernal track with a mesmerizing rhythm, tight as the two artists perform, chasing their demons and political scenarios. As toured praised across outlets, “Ski Mask” provides another heady first listen from an outfit that won’t be pinned down by genre. Finnegan Bell’s performance in the “Ski Mask” video is nothing short of awesome, fully embodying the song’s gritty themes through his raw, uncompromising presence and knack for visceral visuals.
Live, Love Ghost is still going on with the performances at various festivals across the world. Pairing with boundary-pushing artists like Rico Nasty only solidifies the connections between rock and rap’s new guard. In any case, the band demonstrates that they are leaders of the genre – boldly experimenting and embodying darkness with the help of art. Gloomy and movie-like but not obscure, “Ski Mask” is another Love Ghost hit in terms of entrancing dystopian rock. The song and its dark and rather unsettling video will stick in your head. It also has a great dystopian story that is complemented by imagery of abandonment and pain. In all of them, there is a ray of light in the darkness of self-destruction. The band retains complete ownership of a sound that will score whatever horrors the future holds in store. Their upward trend seems irreversible.
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