Jane Remover's Ghostholding: A Fearsome Beauty

Jane Remover's new album, "Ghostholding," presents a sprawling, fearsome beauty with a compositionally tighter and texturally coarser sound than their rock forays. The music draws from midwestern emo, blending snaking guitar riffs with introspective singing and occasional shoegaze blasts.

This latest work continues "Census Designated's" fascination with long roads and empty spaces. Remover aimed to capture the feeling of "vast nothingness" found in places like the Pacific Northwest. The album opener, "Play my guitar," reflects this, with lyrics about traveling the country and not wanting to return home.

"Ghostholding" features Remover's most daring vocal melodies to date. They ripple syllables across measures, much like Perfume Genius's Mike Hadreas, and shift registers with quavering yodels, echoing The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan. This vocal athleticism enhances the surreal intimacy of their lyrics, as heard on tracks like "Believe."