Single Review
The Ghost Of A Thousand - New Hopes, New DemonstrationsThe Ghost Of A Thousand – New Hopes, New Demonstrations

‘New Hopes, New Demonstrations’ is an album that I have been looking forward to ever since I heard The Ghost Of A Thousand were working on new material and had signed to Epitaph Records, the album is now here and it is fantastic, it doesn’t move on much further than their debut album ‘This Is Where The Fight Begins’, in fact it pretty much carries on from where that album finishes, it’s a little bit more heavier and brutal sounding but where things are that much brutal this time around, The Ghost Of A Thousand have also paced things out with the inclusion of a couple of more mellow sounding tracks.

The album starts in a brutal way with ‘Moved As Mountains, Dreamt Of By The Sea’, which starts with Tom Lacey screaming his bollocks off with his raw sounding vocals, the drum beats and guitar riffs equally sound like an army of machine guns going off, the group backing vocals add variety to the song, 2minutes and 25 seconds later the song is over and you have just had a true feeling that The Ghost Of A Thousand are back better than ever and not to be fucked with.

‘Bright Lights’ is the bands new single and once again it is an hard hitting song with Tom Lacey proper going for it with his vocals, he sounds like a man on a mission who wants to get his message across in a fierce and hectic away, the guitar riffs are crunching and the drums beats pack an equally big punch.

‘Knees, Toes, Teeth’ has a straight up rock feel about it with the way that Tom Lacey’s vocals are toned down compared to on the majority of the album, the bass rhythms stand out well but it’s the hard hitting guitar riffs that really do pack a punch during the hectic chorus which see’s Tom scream “It’s only rock and roll’.

‘Split The Atom’ see’s The Ghost Of A Thousand totally depart from the sound that we have been so used to from them, instead the song starts off really toned down with free flowing vocals and humming style guitar riffs that do build up to have that Ghost Of A Thousand style bounce about them, as the song builds up, things start to get bigger and louder with Tom Lacey singing “Split the atom, split it, split the atom” over an thunderous drum beat.

‘Neptune’ is a fast paced punk rock number, the more sing-a-long vocals come across sounding a little bit strange, but the well loved Tom Lacey screams and shouts come and go throughout the song, the drum roll towards the end of the song is fantastic once again, the guitar riffs are equally as good stand out, but the song seems to lack the big bass lines The Ghost Of A Thousand are well loved for.

‘Nobody Likes A Hero’ is a really interesting song, it starts off with a short instrumental introduction that features some proper loud drum beats which makes you think the song is going to explode into madness in any second but the song makes a u turn as the vocals come in sounding slow and melodic, and then suddenly the song builds up and explodes when you don’t expect it to, into a massive assault of juddering guitar riffs and crazy drum beats.

‘Running On Empty’ is a fast paced song that has hardcore written all over it, the song features some great guitar riffs that are just shouting out to be included on a future guitar hero game. ‘Fed To The Ocean’ is a great riff-tastic angry song, ‘Good Old Fashioned Loss’ finishes the album and is such a great track in the way that it has many twists and turns through the 6minutes that the song runs for and closes the album in a massive cinematic style.

‘New Hopes, New Demonstrations’ is one hell of a stunning album, if you thought these guy’s debut album was good then you really need to check out their second album as even though it follows the same formula as the first album, everything about it sounds just that bit bigger and better.

5/5

Review by Trigger
 Band Members
Ghost Of A Thousand - Band
Tom Lacey (Vocals)
Memby Jago (Drums)
Andy Blyth (Guitars)
Jag Jago (Guitars)
Gez Walton (Bass)
 Track Listing
1. Moved As Mountains, Dreamt Of By The Sea
2. Bright Lights
3. Knees, Toes, Teeth
4. Canyons Of Static
5. Split The Atom
6. Neptune
7. Small Mercies
8. Nobody Likes A Hero
9. Running On Empty
10. Fed To The Ocean N
11. Good Old Fashioned Loss
 Band Related Links
The Ghost Of A Thousand Myspace
The Ghost Of a Thousand Official Website
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?