It has been a hell of a 15 months for the band Mastodon. From the departure of founding member Brent Hinds, Brann Dailor’s mother passing and the untimely death of Brent Hinds certainly has had an enormous effect on the band. They have been good at putting their grief and emotions into song and ‘Your Ghost Again’ continues that legacy. A song they’ve said is dedicated to the late great Brent Hinds.
The band posted a video talking about the song and what it meant to each of the original members. Brann said this.
“Your Ghost Again is about being in those familiar places you used to be with people, which for us is in the studio. I just kept seeing [Brent] out of the corner of my eye, where he would normally be with his guitar. It’s about that: your mind plays tricks on you, especially so soon after someone dies and you’re in the places where they always were. You just see them.”
Troy adding.
“My portion of the song, lyrically, is all about Brent, and for Brent. The bridge lyrics are two lines of pure gratitude towards Brent. It’s all the gifts from you, now you can take them back where you must go, meaning you came into my life, you exposed me to things that blew my mind, together we conquered thousands of stages around the world, had magical moments that we can never repeat again, but all the beauty that you brought it still remains, always will and it’s just a line of gratitude because that’s important that we include Brent.”
Along with the new song Mastodon also announced a tour with Deafhaven and Alcest which will make a stop in Chicago on October 2nd.
