15 July 2022 - 0 Comments

Wellington rockers Voodoo Bloo have today released their sophomore 12 track album, The Blessed Ghost.

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Following on from their first album Jacobus, The Blessed Ghost is shaped by the concept of a fictional love interest but with a twist.

“As the writing progressed I realised something quite odd. This fictional person was just everything that I did not like about myself, in all ways shapes and forms I’d started to write about my own demons and they were glaring at me, and that’s when I finally figured out what The Blessed Ghost was,” says Rory McDonald, the band’s frontman.

“Our first album Jacobus took a lot out of me. It felt like a moment where I’d finally passed on the torch of my friend who had left me, but I was still in the dark.

“After speaking with my therapist she seemed to think it was quite common for artists of any kind to feel this sort of low after finishing any major project, so instead of revelling in it, I tried to grasp on to it,” says Rory.

“This album is not a story of a young adult trying to make his way through life, a breakup story or even one about loss, this was truly an adventure in self discovery, and it’s affected me in such a way that I know I’ll never be able to look at this time without pain-staking clarity because of it,” says Rory.

The Blessed Ghost houses 12 tracks including four previously released singles, Skin, Small, We're Here, Love Is Somewhere Else and Default and today’s release and lead single Pursuit.

Pursuit is described by Rory as "One of the most grandiose tracks we've ever recorded, I think the soundscapes that we try to take you through for the six minutes of Pursuit is really a testament to how far we've come from the first record."

“This song represents how your dreams can turn into nightmares if you spend too long in the clouds. I’ve been told many times that when I used to play rugby I’d be more interested in the grass on the ground than the game itself. It might be an ADHD related curiosity, but I can’t blame everything on that. As I have touched on before, it is both blind and kind to be in your mind, says Rory.”

Watch in the coming weeks for an accompanying video for the single.

The Blessed Ghost is available on all streaming platforms now!

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