With a pleading tone and a desperate heart, ‘Ghost of You’ showcases the group’s depth of emotion.
Alt-Americana group Foxfeather brings a subtle darkness to their sweeping folky sound in their newest release ‘Ghost of You’ out 25 March. Detailing the sting of loss, betrayal, and what it’s like trying to regain your identity through that, lead vocalist Carly Smith draws listeners in with her desperate drawl and raw honesty. Joined by co-writer and guitarist Laura Stratton, the two craft a track with profoundly evocative lyrics, singing “years keep passing by, you still skin me with your smile.” The song builds emotionally as Smith’s tone slips deeper into anguish over “the full and utter isolation that follows betrayal and abandonment.” “We have all lost ourselves, someone, something at some point,” the band explains, and it was Smith who “had been facing such a loss, of friendship, of identity, of trust and of faith” when the song was made. In this way, the song “delves deep into the well-known world that exists after loss,” a world many are familiar with today.
Listeners can stream Foxfeather’s ‘Ghost Of You’ 25 March on all major streaming platforms.
