For Ghost Hound, quantity isn’t a lot a way to an finish however an all-out precedence, and of their new single “Final Practice To Nowhere,” they show that they are often loud and proud however nonetheless sound fairly centered from prime to backside. Too typically up to now 12 months have I come throughout a brand new southern rock act that desires to be as massive and brash as Clutch but lacks the melodic sensibilities to carry their form in an extended efficiency, however I don’t get that from Ghost Hound right here. They placed on a tremendous present on this single, and provides us quite a bit to sit up for as critics and followers.

The traditional rock influences listed below are fairly apparent, however it must be mentioned that this band isn’t residing up to now with their idea. They’re not attempting to work some type of retro component with the stylization of the riffs on this track, nor do they appear the kind to hearken to outdated Molly Hatchet information with the unique objective of pushing out one thing each punchy and overdriven. There’s a countrified credibility to the hook on this monitor that speaks to this unit’s effectiveness and depth, and any critic who hears “Final Practice To Nowhere” will probably agree with me.

Of their music video for this track, Ghost Hound exemplifies their aesthetical perspective via a extremely theatrical visible embodiment of what their sound is. Neglect the barebones look that loads of different rockers have been utilizing recently; from the second they get began right here, I believe it’s apparent that this band is extra reliant on their artistic instinct on the subject of scoring followers than they’re any of the fleeting traits a few of their contemporaries would simply as quickly attempt to construct a complete identification round.

There’s completely zero give in these guitar elements, and as somebody who has been jonesing for a fatter tonal presence out of the underground just lately, that is simply what the physician ordered this fall. The muscularity of the strings isn’t even half of it – there’s a punishing depth to the association of the bass and the guitar that makes each beat from the drums a bit crunchier than it wanted to be, and but I’m hesitant to say that the combo fosters messiness. It’s overwhelming, however not overdone by any stretch of your creativeness.

I can not wait to listen to the place Ghost Hound goes with this current path they’re in on “Final Practice To Nowhere,” and if there’s something we are able to find out about their ambitiousness simply from listening to this monitor and observing the music video made in assist of its launch, it’s that this group isn’t going to let mainstream requirements cease them from being as defiantly loud as they’ll get. All of it begins with massive quantity, and atop this basis, Ghost Hound builds a boogie-heavy southern rock type that has an actual probability at profitable again a few of the crucial and industrial success that was misplaced to different genres in years previous.

Mindy McCall