I Scream, You Scream, We All “Scream” for Love Ghost

For their latest EP, Scream, Mexican grunge-metal-emo outfit Love Ghost has teamed up with a handful of other artists—Monde, Helian Evans, Adhara, La Sinclair, 3Angel, and Verumcito—to make you, as the title track suggests, scream at the powers that be. Combining trap beats and edgy metal riffs, “Scream” tears into the fabric of society, laying bear all of the underlying fears and anxieties that hold the masses down. “El Trap violento es el nuevo punk,” raps Monde in the song’s bridge after describing a scene of waste and hopeless depravity as a soulless quest for fame and riches has left him feeling alone and suicidal in a room littered with empty Hennessy bottles.

As dark as the imagery may be, it speaks to a sense of universal hopelessness that seems to be enveloping the world lately—a sense that we’ve all been lied to, a sense that we’ve all been set up to chase after bright, shiny objects at the expense of any real sense of meaning or contentment in our lives. In this context, the only thing to do is to scream—and maybe burn the whole thing down. In this respect, Monde’s contention that violent trap is the new punk takes on a bit of gravity; where punk may have arguably dropped the anti-corporate flag it used to wave so proudly, violent trap is rising from the mud and muck to get the job done. Given the energy of “Scream,” not to mention the current state of the world, it might just succeed.

The remaining tracks on the EP continue in the same aggressive vein. Less trap than grunge for its loud-soft-loud dynamic and angry, angsty delivery, “Throw Down” continues the critique of the establishment inherent in “Scream.” Chunky guitars, heavy drums, and a surprising eruption of falsettos turn the world upside down while reversing the roles of heroes and villains, suggesting that to be a ticking timebomb in today’s world is only to speed along the inevitable. Along similar lines, “Rage” and “Daydream” shatter the numb malaise of contemporary gloom with apocalyptic visions of the future while the EP’s closer, “Rockstar Lifestyle” offers defiant clarification: I feel everything. That’s the thing with being me. The problem, in other words, isn’t that we’re dead inside. It’s that we’re all-too alive to the spiritual death all around us.

All told, Scream is more than a heavy-hitting onslaught of tunes. It’s a call to action, a challenge to be the change you want to see in the world. Call it trap, call it punk, call it whatever you want. I’ll just call it what it is: a call for revolution.

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notes from the editor:

The first time I heard Love Ghost I was floored by their single “Chains,” a collaboration between them and the UK’s Strange Bones. I’ve been hooked ever since. The also have a Spanish version of that song out that features hip hop heavy weight Geassassin – highly recommend checking that out if you haven’t yet! The band has an ALL AGES show coming up in L.A. August 30th, get your tickets at the “Live at Satellite Citi” link above!

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