‘Ghosts’, the third single from Jeremy Edwards’ soon to be released album of the same name, is the gentle, plaintive centrepiece of the upcoming album release. Initially written as a gift to Edwards’ friend Felicity Urquhart after the passing of her husband and dear friend of Nicholson and Edwards, Glenn Hannah.
Jeremy explains ‘I had to find a way to talk about being ok after Glenn. So many of us had to find a way to go on. The Ghosts aren’t all bad. They’re not baggage. They’re just with you. Always. Good and bad. We all have to find our way of dealing with them’.
‘Can you handle the ghosts?’ the wary central character asks. The ghosts are my past, your past, our loves and histories. Are we brave enough to face them?
My heart is in your hands
A feather, not a stone
So gentle, your commands
It feels like home
‘Ghosts’ has a sweet, ethereal, dreamlike quality weaving throughout. The superb, layered instrumentation and Bon Iver-esque harmonies come from no other than 15 time Australian Country Music Award, and 3 time ARIA winner Shane Nicholson (Jeremy’s boss-man in Shane Nicholson and The General Waste). Edwards’s folky fingerpicked acoustic guitar part providing a rolling counterpoint for Nicholson’s beautifully subtle and trademark work.