Love Ghost channel the art of chaos on new album ‘Gas Mask Wedding’

Los Angeles’ Love Ghost return with ‘Gas Mask Wedding’, a sprawling sixteen-track exploration of love at its most volatile. The album swings effortlessly between intimacy and destruction, melding genres and emotions into a visceral narrative that feels both personal and cinematic.

From the opening chords of ‘Car Crash’, the band strips everything back to bare emotion: fragile piano lines, sparse percussion, and raw, heart-on-sleeve vocals capture the sudden impact of heartbreak, transforming personal loss into a universally resonant moment. This tender vulnerability quickly contrasts with the jagged energy of ‘Scrapbook’, a collaboration with The Skinner Brothers. Here, fractured memories, past victories, and defeats intertwine over fractured guitars and layered storytelling, creating a cathartic, reflective tension that permeates the album.

Love Ghost’s fearless approach to genre manifests in tracks like ‘Left On Read’, exploding as a pop-punk tirade with Mexico’s Wiplash, a rapid-fire anthem for those ignored or dismissed. Sun-drenched alt-rock inflections emerge in ‘Hallucinations’, where surf-tinged guitars, grunge textures, and nostalgic harmonies create melodies that are as wistful as they are anthemic.

The album balances its chaos with quiet, introspective moments. ‘Angelic’ and ‘Worth It’ confront unrequited love and self-doubt with stripped-back instrumentation and soaring guitar solos, offering melodic release amid the turmoil.

‘Gas Mask Wedding’ is raw, audacious, and unrelentingly dynamic. Love Ghost have crafted a record where tension drives the art: vulnerability sits beside aggression, humour dances with despair, and chaos feels deliberately structured. It is a testament to resilience, the beauty of imperfection, and the power of music that thrives in the space between love and ruin.