Love Ghost drops new album ‘Gas Mask Wedding’

Since first starting out back in 2016, Los Angeles-based project Love Ghost has gone from the underground alternative scene to international recognition. Led by Finnegan Bell, Love Ghost operates in multiple guises at once, sometimes a full band, other times a collaborative force and often a profoundly personal vision. What ties it all together is a fascination with the intersections of love and death, a theme that runs like a thread through their wide-ranging catalogue.

Love Ghost’s songs drift between grunge, metal, hip hop, pop punk and acoustic genres, often blending multiple styles into a single track. This fluidity makes each release a surprise, veering from explosive full-band energy to intimate moments of stripped-back aesthetic. Lyrically, they lean into emo-tinged honesty, dealing with trauma, heartbreak and mental health in ways that have struck a chord with millions of listeners around the world.

That connection with fans has been reinforced by their extensive international presence; Love Ghost have performed on four continents, including an appearance at Los Angeles’ Warped Tour in 2025 and made their mark overseas with a televised performance on Germany’s long-running Rockpalast. Collaborations have been equally important to their prolific output, particularly in Mexico where they’ve worked with names like Wiplash, Adan Cruz, Santa RM and Blnko, while on a larger scale, they recently completed an entire record with industrial icon SKOLD.

Now, they unveil their most ambitious body of work to date with Gas Mask Wedding, a full-length record described as a collection of love songs for a dystopian world. It’s an album about intimacy in the midst of disarray, about loving something that could destroy you, a concept that feels both poignant and timeless. The record moves through a wide spectrum of sounds and emotions, captured across sixteen tracks including a skit, a message from Love Ghost and four bonus songs.

Opening with “Car Crash,” a piano ballad of haunting fragility, Love Ghost showcases a bare, poetic side that highlights Finnegan’s lyricism in an achingly emotive setting. The album stretches outward with “Scrapbook,” the second collaboration with The Skinner Brothers, stitching personal memories into a patchwork of heartbreaks and triumphs all wrapped up in an engrossing alternative rock anthem cut with moments of crisp electronic percussion.

“Fucked Up Feelings” leans into R&B vibes with the snap of a downtempo beat propelling Finnegan’s smooth vocal leads as he spins infectious melodic leads above elegant acoustic guitar flickers. “Left on Read,” produced by Mike Summers, sees Love Ghost and Mexico’s Wiplash channeling pop punk energy, while “Sandcastles” enlists Smash Mouth’s Zach Goode for a grunge-meets-sunshine anthem on the ephemeral nature of youth.

Love Ghost then links up with Reverie for “Hallucinations,” a hazy West Coast daydream of gritty guitars and hypnotic vocals that rolls with mellow rhythm before surging into a gripping chorus of instantly catchy, grooving rock cut with Reverie’s razor sharp rapped delivery. Other highlights on the album include songs like “Angelic,” a stripped-down ballad of unrequited love framed by melancholic acoustic guitar notes and hushed vocals which gradually develops with the soft march of instrumentation.

“Worth It” with The Skinner Brothers once more glides with twanging guitar tones and smokey vocal textures before launching with charging energy to deliver a spectacular collaboration. Following a voice note from Finnegan which briefly recounts the story of making the album, he introduces the final four tracks which conclude with the lo-fi closing song “The Masochist,” capping the album with a stripped back piece of dreamy instrumental chimes, rustling drums and soft vocals. With Gas Mask Wedding, Love Ghost delivers a record that crystallises a decorated artistic adventure with an incredible full-length outing that lands as a watershed moment in the Love Ghost story.

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