''Moonlover'' is the second studio album by American

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. Recorded by producer Joshua Schroeder in

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, it was released on April 10, 2015 through, Northern Silence Productions. The album is the first Ghost Bath release after the band was revealed to be from

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. The album drew comparisons to California-based black metal band

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in terms of style and song titles, which were criticized by Deafheaven guitarist Kerry McCoy. The album cover art features "La Luna 1989" by Guatemalan photographer

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.''Moonlover'' album liner notes

Critical reception

The album received generally positive reviews from critics. Adam Kivel of ''

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'' thought that the band is "exposing a pained and painful honesty rather than chasing an arbitrary genre mutation." Kivel further wrote: "Rather than approach

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with bared teeth and sharpened knives, Ghost Bath lets you hear the thudding beat of its heart until it can’t hold up anymore."

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' David Lee Rothmund praised the album, describing it as "a blind dive into a black chasm whose bottom is made of big, cushy teddy bears" and "a real synthesis — not of disparate noises, but of their intensities."

Track listing

Personnel

* Ghost Bath — performance * Joshua Schroeder — production, engineering, mixing, mastering

References

External links

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