GHOSTWOMAN - new album "Anne, If"
Songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Evan Uschenko aka GHOSTWOMAN release well received sophomore album
January 20, 2023
One could be forgiven for getting that familiar feeling when listening to the music of GHOSTWOMAN. And that's not just because songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Evan Uschenko is deeply steeped in classic guitar-led rock & pop songwriting, it's that the music was, by design, intended to be evocative. But not evocative, however, of any one thing; what separates the music of GHOSTWOMAN from a great many other bands working today is his openness to non-specificity. He's not trying to impart any sort of message to the listener; instead, the hope is that one will find themselves luxuriating in nuances of how the music is delivered, and the feelings it stirs up for each individual.
The results are stellar; Uschenko manages to cover more stylistic ground than ever while maintaining a strong throughline from start to finish. Though some songs seem to almost directly reference certain bands and eras of rock music, none of it is ever pure imitation; Uschenko's melodic sense – at once detached and yearning – glues the album together. Spot-on late-60s-style drum fills on title track could be lifted from any number of tracks on the Nuggets compilation; “Street Meet” betrays an interest in the endless horizon feel of bands like Can and Neu!, and the chiming 12-string guitar sounds pervading the album (see “The End of A Gun”) would be right at home on classic sides by The Byrds, Love, and Jefferson Airplane.
The warm, straightforward production – which recalls Safe As Milk-era Captain Beefheart, the first couple Beak albums, or Shel Talmy's 60s productions for The Creation or The Kinks – also knits the whole thing together, and its perfectly tape-saturated, analog sound offers a pleasing counterpoint to today's world of digital recording, plugin effects, and “we'll fix it in post” attitudes.
The album has received incredible excitement from the German press and radio landscape with outlets, such as Der Spiegel, Frankfurter Rundschau, WDR1, SWR2, Radio 1, Byte FM and FluxFM reporting on the album.
The songs from Anne, If that have found their way to the stage during this year's plentiful smattering of live dates around Canada and Europe have already begun to take on new shapes, and the band – in whatever formation it appears – is not to be missed.
German tour dates:
24.02.2023 Germany, Berlin, Lido
25.02.2023 Germany, Leipzig, UT Connewitz
26.02.2023 Germany, Munich, Milla
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We represent these songs in Germany, Austria, Switzerland.
