  
Ghost are just completely something else; from
their extremely distinctive music, right down
to their onstage persona. They may have only released
their debut in 2010 but by God have they already
gained such an impressive following in that short
amount of time which gives you a great idea as
to how impressive they really are. Their debut
completely baffled me as I was not expecting anything
like that; unique, distinctive and downright eerie
on the whole. The fact that they’ve got
this far and gained all this popularity but all
of their identities still remain a mystery is
such an impressive feat, but having said that
the band have released the album with a slightly
different name (Ghost B.C.) and using an apparent
controversial cover that was apparently almost
refused printing they’re back with their
next full length release.
From the get go it’s clear they’ve
favoured the elemental structure of progressive
rock as opposed to their sinister debut, a lot
of people have slated this album to high hell
and I can see why as they’ve almost completely
gone in a different direction but me personally?
While I have to agree with that as It wasn’t
what I was expecting after a debut like that but
I found it an enjoyable bouncy listen. In retrospect
it is a bad move for them to have made because
people become very glued to the sound of a band
and when it changes they don’t respond too
kindly and while I enjoyed it I still thought
it lacked something special to make it memorable,
I can’t see many songs off the album being
chanted in arena’s around the world should
Ghost progress to that point in all honesty because
they are lacking in comparison to their predecessors.
To sum up; an enjoyable listen now and again with
an upbeat feel and bouncy tunes, nowhere near
destined to become a timeless classic sought out
by fans across the world, completely lacking in
everything that made everybody fall in love with
Ghost. I wouldn’t give up on the act though
as their live set is still intact and who knows
if they layer their setlist right, they could
really make this work within their shows to keep
everything fresh.
2.5/5
Review by James Webb
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