Ghostbells has created an interesting blend of dark-wave adjacent sounds on their album “Catacoture” that is both moody and buoyant pop. It owes more to the dream-pop of the nineties than it does modern TikTok Pop, but that is one of the album’s strengths. The vocals offer a childlike sing-song cadence. They are often chanted with a repetition that is king here, while the lead single “Darkness Saves” is not the most dynamic song of the album, it still works for what they are doing in its droning introspection that works best when played loudly.
