
On Ghouls, Bastien Keb drifts through 19 tracks of half-remembered nights, cinematic moods and street-level atmospheres. He does so with a melange of strings, flutes, horns, theremins and more, and everyone is hand-played with real human tells. Malik Ameer Crumpler's voice threads through the album to bring poetry to Keb's swirling instrumentals and hints of library music, 90s skate videos and movie scores all feature. It's an illuminating listen with a narrative you can invent yourself. Keb calls it for "anyone feeling lost in a world that's lost itself," and we can't argue.