Listen: Golden Ghosts - Elodie Rêverie

Having first appeared on BlackPlastic last month, Elodie Rêverie is back with her latest single, the appropriately spooky-titled Golden Ghosts.

The last song of Elodie’s I covered here was Skeleton Castle, a shimmering piece of pop music that glistened in a way that combined the crunch of grungy guitars with the glitter of disco. In contrast, Golden Ghosts waltzes along with a spectral and ever so slightly threatening sense of drama. Deliberately distancing herself from the electronic pop sound of her recent releases, Golden Ghosts was inspired by the feelings depicted in the Eagles’ Hotel California, but here the threat feels ever present.

Golden Ghosts is constructed from a piano introduction lifted from Standchën by Schubert, around which Elodie applies minimal production to leave us with something simply and yet impactful. It also reminds me of the melancholic sounds scapes used in Succession, my current TV obsession. There is an electric sense of power flowing through these sounds.

Check out Golden Ghosts below:

Listen: Skeleton Castle - Elodie Rêverie

Elodie Rêverie is an Brooklyn native turned LA-based musician. She began writing and producing her own music in just January of this year. Skeleton Castle is a great representation of her talent - a slightly weird, left field pop record about ancestry and history.

As Elodie explains, Skeleton Castle is about her getting in touch with her family history:

“I wrote the lyrics for this song on a songwriting retreat in Scotland when I revisited the ancient ruins of a castle owned by my ancestors I’d previously convinced by family to visit over 10 years ago-the song explores making peace with divorce and growing up. I produced the beat in my hotel room in London after the retreat and recorded vocals the next day at Strongroom.”

Skeleton Castle was mixed by Mark Needham, who is known for his work on Mr Brightside. For me, what makes this record stand out is the catchy essence of the vocals combined with the synth-heavy chorus. As Elodie sings of being at the Skeleton Castle, the electronics combined with this earthy, grungy guitar work to make something that feels both grounded and otherworldly. It’s pop music, but not quite as you know it.