Bottlemoth Releases Even us ghosts On October 17th For Your Perfect Coming-of-Age Soundtrack

Bottlemoth Releases Even us ghosts On October 17th For Your Perfect Coming-of-Age Soundtrack

WRITTEN BY CHERRYLLE URBANO

I’m excited to announce the long-awaited drop of Bottlemoth’s debut album, Even us ghosts, with familiar pieces like “You’ll Always Have Us // Everything Works Out In the End” and “Landslides (people change).” The album was released on October 17th with two variants of a limited edition vinyl. The album is like the coming-of-age soundtrack for the hardships everyone faces in their twenties: earning and losing friends, learning independence, and navigating through each hurdle of love, health, and heartbreak.

Vocalist and lyricist Ethan Proctor states, “Like many of our friends, we'd become twenty somethings living with our families again, and there are a lot of complexities to that; Feeling fortunate to have those people, but the contrasting feeling of becoming a burden.” As someone who is living in their twenty-something years right now, when the first few singles were released as an introduction to their album, I was met by a very disheartening version of myself. I love that Bottlemoth is speaking out on something interesting that everyone goes through in their twenties. Even as you listen to the album, it grows too.

It opens with the familiar song “You’ll Always Have Us,” about how things may be tough, but at the end of the day when you’re winding down there are friends you can rely on. During that time of the release, I’ve had so much growth that this song has a whole different meaning to me. I reconnected with a long-term friend, whom I’ve been friends with since we were five years old, and I got the first-hand experience of what they were singing about.

The album continues this theme as you continue on, exploring each part of what makes up your twenties. I enjoyed “Settle In” and where it was placed in the album as the album opens with a strong opening, and slowly winds down near the end. In other words, it allows you to take your time and truly understand the meaning of the album. Especially with the song after “Where Oceans Swallows Your Skies,” a lonely and melancholy song that brings you in a state of isolation. I lost myself here for a bit and brought myself back to what they were originally wanting to talk about. With that, I do enjoy the song titles and songs itself connecting back with nature. It changes even though it stays the same where it is, like “Landslides (people changes).”

“Hold Me Like You Know Me” was a beautiful end of the album! I feel like going through the song, you leave with a whole different perspective. Changing as you go. Bringing you back to different parts of your life to reconnect and discover. If you are in your twenty-somethings or feel like you want to reflect and reconnect with your roots, please stream Even us ghosts, you won’t be disappointed.
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