On March 22, Ghost Light will issue their debut album, Best Kept Secrets. To promote the new record, the five-piece featuring Tom Hamilton, Holly Bowling, Raina Mullen, Scotty Zwang and Steve Lyons released a new single, “Don’t Come Apart Just Yet, My Dear,” following up the LP’s lead single and title track, “Best Kept Secret.”
“Don’t Come Apart Just Yet, My Dear” has become a staple of Ghost Light’s live catalog, quickly establishing itself as a fan favorite over the past year the group has been touring. The newly released studio version of the number starts with an explosive intro built around a prominent guitar riff. From there, the song settles back into a slower, easy-going groove, with Hamilton laying out the first verse setting the tone of the track. Mullen eventually kicks in with adventurous harmonies and a verse of her own, highlighting the number with her outstanding vocal performance.
As Hamilton explained to Guitar Player, which premiered the track:
I had the framework of this song demoed out about five or six years ago when I was getting back into two things: listening to Brian Jonestown Massacre, and smoking pot. … I think you can cover the feel, guitar tones, and tempo shifts all within those two activities. … I didn’t really understand the song then so I put it away, but when I rediscovered it as I was pulling ideas for this album I knew exactly what to do with it. The juxtaposition of tones was important. Sloppy fuzzed out electric guitars and then like a light switch, it’s lush and precise 12-stringed acoustic guitars. The tempo shifts. The male, then female voices. It tells a story, sonically.
Added Mullen, “When Tom and I were putting together the guitarmony bit at the end, I wanted it to feel like a plane going in for a rough landing, and I think we nailed it. … It’s turbulent and gritty and it’s fun to play.”
Listen to “Don’t Come Apart Just Yet, My Dear” below, and pre-order the album on Ghost Light’s website:
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