Shadow Colonies – Ghost Waves

A Cracked Veil: Why ‘Ghost Waves’ is the Electronic Exception

With ‘Ghost Waves’, Shadow Colonies from Thailand deliv­er a track that imme­di­ately grabbed me with its inter­est­ing and, above all, rich, fresh syn­thwave sound. What sets this track apart for me are the whis­per­ing vocals, which strongly remind me of witch house and give the pro­duc­tion a com­pletely new, fresh feel. The over­all atmo­sphere is dark and mys­ter­i­ous, almost as if you your­self were wit­ness­ing ‘the altar creak­ing’ and the veil between real­ity and obses­sion falling.

I listened to oth­er tracks by the band for com­par­is­on and have to say hon­estly: the band is any­thing but con­sist­ent. While their oth­er stuff drifts more towards organ­ic pop, this song is a def­in­ite elec­tron­ic excep­tion. If you're into dark wave aes­thet­ics, you'll get exactly what you want here.

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Lyrics of "Shadow Colonies – Ghost Waves"

One day you could be in my life, one day
One day, you will see through these eyes, one day
One day, in my life
One day, with these eyes

I’ve been dream­ing in dif­fer­ent spaces
Legends fall, in awe of its greatness
The ritual’s done, let the waters speak

Fold the lines and travel free, the smoke­less fire you’ll nev­er see
Cast the nets and dredge the deep, whispers

One day, in my life, you’ll be
One day, through these eyes, you’ll see, you'll see

The altar creaks as the veils are lifted
The heart caves, to what the body desires
Your ghosts are bound­less, no love no fear

Fold the lines and travel free, the smoke­less fires you’ll nev­er see
Cast the nets and dredge the deep, whispers

One day, in my life, you’ll be
One day, through these eyes, you’ll see
Do you see
You'll see