Burning Hell - Ghost Palace

  by Helen Tipping

published: 17 / 4 / 2025

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‘Ghost Palace’ is the latest release from The Burning Hell. It sees the band still writing about weird dystopian futures in an upbeat style. They state that the album isn’t about the apocalypse. That’s a foregone conclusion, they are concerned with what we might leave behind. It’s not all dystopian. Some songs are more observational. What are people? How do things work? Will there be a future, and what will it be like? They’re sure it will feature love and birds. The starting point of what’s left behind is ‘Celebrities in Cemeteries’, a trip to Père Lachaise visiting the tombs of Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde, another trip to a circus cemetery. Are clown coffins like clown cars? Maybe if your grave is big and ostentatious enough people in the future will think you were famous even if you’re not. Moving on and ‘Brazil Nuts and Blue Curacao’ takes us to a party, where all that’s left is, yes, brazil nuts and Blue Curacao. They’ve eaten and drunk the rest of the party food. I think the party will soon come to an end. Luckily one of the party at least can manage to hunt for food, but until then let’s party. ‘Summer Olympics’ was my favourite track, the sound reminding me of the The Wave Pictures, a nostalgic memory of falling in love, with the summer Olympics on TV, a gentler time in contrast to the present, a noisy walk on the boardwalk surrounded by buskers and fairground attractions. The final, and title track, ‘Ghost Palace’, tells of the leaving of this world for another, Earth the Ghost Palace. Will the travellers find a new home? Perhaps we need to go back to ‘My Home Planet’ for the answer to that, but I’d prefer us to leave our flags at home.

Track Listing:-

1 Celebrities in Cemeteries
2 My Home Planet
3 Brazil Nuts and Blue Curaçao
4 Luna FM
5 What Does It Do and How Does It Work
6 Bottle of Chianti, Cheese and Charcuterie Board
7 Summer Olympics
8 Duck vs. Decorated Shed
9 Birds of Australia
10 Strange Paradise
11 Ghost Palace

Band Links:-

https://www.facebook.com/theburninghell
http://www.wearetheburninghell.com/
https://www.instagram.com/theburninghellband/

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