Moonchild’s “Little Ghosts” Album Review
Moonchild is what happens if Norah Jones made music in 2019. The band’s sound is very moody, smooth and easy to listen to. Moonchild has a part-electric, part-acoustic vibe, with vocals that almost seem like they are from outer space.
“Little Ghosts” is Moonchild’s newest album and is very similar to the rest of the band’s discography. It features very raspy vocals and mixed production that sounds like gold. The lyrics from this album provide an incredibly innocent vibe. I was looking forward to this album, given Moonchild’s past success in mixing amazing elements. However, we don’t always get what we want. This album is flawed. It is too long and its songs are insanely repetitive and offer nothing special.
“Little Ghosts” features 14 songs and a 54-minute runtime. This is its first problem. We live in a time when some of the best albums are the shortest. “Daytona,” “ye” and “Kids see Ghosts” are three of the best albums of last year and they all have fewer than eight tracks. “Little Ghosts” is the opposite. It’s too long and has too many tracks.
Every song on the album sounds the same. They sound like they were all written within the same ten minutes the morning after the writers got engaged. It’s not bad to feature a few songs with this mood, but the album offers no songs to balance these out. Nothing makes the songs different from each other.
This album is a disappointment. After listening to the singles before the album release, I was looking forward to it. When the album was finally released, I was let down. If you want to listen to an amazing RnB album with a healthy mix of modern and real instruments, then listen to “Ventura” by Anderson.Paak. It is easy to vibe with, its 11 songs are only 40 minutes long and each song sounds different. I will write about this album next week.
TJ Pittinger is a freshman studying theology.