Ghost Bath have always been more melodic than your average DSBM band. Sometimes to a fault, but on Self Loather, they seem to have found a balance between their melodic side, the shoegaze influence that pervades DSBM and their own creative paradigm. What does that mean exactly? It means that they found a sound that a) isnt’t goofy and b) it entirely their own. I would say Self Loather is somewhat of a creative breakout for them. It’s a memorable enough calling card. It demands attention.

Self Loather is a psychological, emotional and musical journey into the mind of a person who hates herself. It is explored sonically through almost seamless transitions from black metal to melodic death metal to shoegaze to gothic rock that create a musical tapestry that you haven’t quite experienced before. Self Loather feels sometimes shackled by its proclaimed genre, but it only bodes well for the future of Ghost Bath.

Gatefold, incl. printed innersleeve.