Holy Ghost! - Okay
Holy Ghost!'s last album, Dynamics, still feels a little slept-on, though maybe that's due more to my own ignorance than to any actual neglect of the album. Still, though, this album is so good and I don't see it talked about often enough, so whatever, I'm going to say this: "Okay" in particular is one of the best things this band has ever done--it has the same energy and charm as a lot of the songs from their debut album, but there is some new emotional element in "Okay" that hasn't been present in their other songs. It's not as direct lyrically, which is part of it, but there's also a sense of resignation, regret, and a sort of ambient elegiac feeling too. Saying 'okay' can, at times, feel like waving a white flag, an expression of absolute apathy or exhaustion--but the way that Alex Frankel sings it, it becomes almost heroic, like a declaration of principles, as if he's taking a stand for something (even if it might not be clear to him why he's doing it).[BUY Dynamics]