Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Regret and shame, two states of being that eat away at our souls and minds, sometimes to the point in which the body starts to fade, the skin taking on a grey tinge which grows and spreads over time and the brutal pounding of the heart as it tries its best to stay in tune, feeling the abandonment and the suffering of its owner but unable to rectify the situation unless the person finds a way to love themselves again.
It is in this state of agony that reflection can cut two ways, that it can drive the person further into the abyss, or it can hurl a rope down, the spark of one good deed found in the memory and all of a sudden, and though The Ghosts Have Eaten Well, the person is able to chow down on a morsel of comfort which sustains and nourishes, which finds a way to build the soul back up and take those memories and use them as apology and move on, to not let regret and shame spoil the future.
It is positive approach that sees The Black Feathers’ new single take charge but one that has depth of feeling running through it, compassion and understanding of the guilt that has built up, that has found a way to break through the skin and feed on the emotion that constantly bubbles and steams, as if under the surface lives a volcano ready to explode, the devastation of untamed lava is to be seen for miles and felt for a generation. Yet in the right hands and hearts that have kindness at their root, that lava, that guilt can be stemmed and made to slowly fade, not destroying the world around it, but aiding it.
The message that The Black Feathers put out in this new single is to find that consideration for another human being, to remind ourselves that whilst we might believe we are own worst critic, that someone will always find a way to take care of the spectres that haunt you; The Ghosts Have Eaten Well…but they don’t have to remove every last ounce of your soul.
The Ghosts Have Eaten Well is released on June 22nd via Bird in the Hand Records.
Ian D. Hall