Sometimes the context of an album is every bit as important as the actual music it contains. Any consideration of the The Ghost Inside’s self-titled fifth album has to be framed against the fact that the band have fought back against incredible odds to even bring it into existence. If you’re reading this you probably already know the story, but in case you don’t, the band were involved in a horrific bus crash in 2015. The drivers of both vehicles died and the survivors suffered multiple injuries. Frontman Jonathan Vigil had fractured vertebrae and broken ankles, guitarist Zach Johnson has undergone at least 13 surgical procedures and drummer Andrew Tkaczyk lost one of his legs following a ten-day coma. The band have said that they won’t let that trauma define them. Bassist Jim Riley s...
