![]() “Repetitive” usually isn’t a pejorative word in music- especially in the garage/psych world, it’s either an aesthetic or a given- but here it speaks to the ceaseless tone Ghost Wave strike on the record. It’s able, often innovative, and certainly repetitive. On Ages, there’s hardly a shadow, just propulsive garage-rock tunes, heaps of guitars, all mid-tempo everything. Led by singer/guitarist Matthew Paul, the quartet writes songs for a real summer’s summer, one of those idyllic ones you see in faded photos from the 60s with surfboards and oversized sunglasses. ![]() and European release, the quartet partnered with New Zealand's storied Flying Nun Records, the provenance of many of the sounds that hover around Ghost Wave’s sunny psych-pop tunes. ![]() They arrive stateside smelling of sunscreen and sativa a couple of months after their debut LP Ages was released in their home country on Arch Hill. Ghost Wave are from Auckland, New Zealand, and not, as it may seem, an Indie Band Name Generator c.
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