Welcome to the Civilized World
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On their 4th LP, GHOSTWOMAN are a sharper beast than ever. A head-on collision between the switchblade rust of Uschenko’s guitars and van Dessel’s caustic drum beats sees GHOSTWOMAN march on toward a shared oblivion: Welcome to the Civilized World is an album to be a pure distillation of their shared vision.
From its earliest sketch to its final form, the only people to touch it were GHOSTWOMAN themselves. The meaning of the album is inseparable from its meaninglessness. As Uschenko puts it: “The album is inspired by the absurdity of human behaviour and the circus that is life: sometimes feels like being in a room with no floor – that’s where a lot of these songs come from.” After losing friends to suicide over the past year, the suspension of disbelief required to wade through the everyday had dissipated. If there is any meaning at all to Welcome to the Civilized World, it is simply to keep going: there is no other choice. Musically, Ghostwoman cast hypnotic spells of psych-grunge, decaying Americana and instrumental locked-horns. Uschenko, who presides over the vocals, insists they are not important. Much of the lyrics are nonsense, not written as much as abstractly sketched to feel out the shape of the music itself – but even in Uschenko’s dream grammar, the force and feeling are no less potent. The band’s process is intuitive rather than calculated; sounds are made in a chain reaction to one another.
Released: September 2025
Cat: FTH570LPA
Label: Full Time Hobby
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Tracklist
1. Welcome to the Civilized World
2. Alive
3. that Jesus
4. 5 Gold Pieces
5. Levon
6. Dime a Dozen
7. When You All Were Young
8. Song for Sunny
9. From Now On
10. Anhedonia
11. Who Are You?