Crumbling Ghost announce new album ‘Four’
CRUMBLING GHOST have announced a brand new album!
The UK folk-infused doom/stoner outfit will release their fourth studio album, Four, on August 7th via New Heavy Sounds. The upcoming record marks the long-awaited follow-up to 2016’s Five Songs and continues to build on their distinct fusion of traditional folk material with heavy, fuzz-laden rock, further cementing their reputation as one of the more idiosyncratic acts operating within the wider metal underground.
Alongside the announcement, the band have shared the first single from the album, Bill Norrie, which arrives with an accompanying lyric video. The track showcases the band’s signature blend of haunting folk storytelling and dense, psychedelic heaviness, centred around a tragic narrative of love, secrecy, and violence.
Vocalist Katie Harnett explains, “Bill Norrie is about a young woman, who has been taken advantage of, who has hidden a pregnancy, probably because having a child out of wedlock would have brought shame on the family. Her illegitimate son Bill has remained in her heart all this time and even when he is cast down by her jealous husband she defiantly kisses his severed head ‘cheek and chin’ and vows to never kiss man again, which to be honest I don’t blame her, given the circumstances. The vocals start by setting the scene and gradually builds to its dramatic conclusion. I attempted to capture her sadness, devotion, resilience and ultimate defiance in the face of adversity.”
Guitarist Donny Hopkins adds, “John (guitarist) saw Martin Carthy play his version of Bill Norrie live at the Cumberland Arms in Byker, Newcastle and fell in love with it. So he adapted a version from Martin Carthy’s 1988 Right of Passage album. As is often the case, I’d not heard it (still haven’t actually) and worked out some heavy delay parts over the verse around John‘s more classic folk style. I added in the heavy ‘Drop A’ breaks between the verses as a nod to Miami band TORCHE and their ‘bomb string’.”
Watch the lyric video for Bill Norrie here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
- Bows Of London
- Bill Norrie
- Valtz Efter Tor Lohne
- Lovely Joan
- Gower Wassail
- Last Of All Sleep
- The Unquiet Grave
Four is set for release on August 7th via New Heavy Sounds. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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