There is something incredibly touching about an artist who can turn a tragedy into a sea of beauty, and with mind-blowing transparent sincerity, Love Ghost has done just that with Spirit Box. Finnegan Bell, the genius behind this emotionally charged project, has produced more than a song- he produced a séance of the heartsick, a musical conduit that provides a linkage between the living and the lost.
The song begins with tender piano strokes which sound more like an incantation where each note is laid down with trepidation lest it interferes with something divine. The vocals that Finnegan delivers feel like a confession in an empty cathedral, begging and emotive, soaring across the sparse instrumentation with all the lightness of the person talking to ghosts. This is not mere performance this is communion.
The extraordinary thing about Spirit Box is that it is restrained. Love Ghost cleanses all the excess in a musical environment where it is easy to feel overwhelmed by overproduction. The pared-down beat and the sparse instrumentation opens up space-space to reflect, space to hurt, space to be that candid that we only become when we are really alone with our thoughts. That is where the song derives its strength in this minimalism.
Bell has never lacked in confessional approach to songwriting but here he’s taken it to new levels. The song crescendos in dramatic fashion, moment to moment unavoidable and unexpected, as a storm cloud gathers on a sunny day. The piano is anchor and wings, at once rooted to the ground, and pointing the listener upwards to something beyond.
Spirit Box is the result of Love Ghost as a musical project that is not afraid to explore the most unattractive aspects of life. It is not a song that accepts loss but makes it something painfully beautiful. In our superficial era of touch, Bell provides something unusual: the true emotional intimacy which makes us realize why the music is most important when it hurts.
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