DEFLECTING GHOSTS
BROKEN
Credit: SheFitz Productions
This one doesn’t come in polished. And it’s not supposed to.
“Broken,” the latest from Kansas-based trio Deflecting Ghosts, is messy in the best way. You can feel the weight of it. Not just in the lyrics, but in the way the whole thing hangs together, barely, but still there. You get the sense this song lived in a notebook for a while. Maybe scratched on a napkin. Maybe left in a phone’s voice memo app until it couldn’t stay quiet anymore.
Luke Fitzgerald started Deflecting Ghosts after everything else fell apart. His last band folded. Life moved on. But songs stuck around. Slowly, they took shape, then his wife, Rhema, joined in on bass. Then Austin came through on drums. Now it’s a real band. A tight one.
“Broken,” the latest from Kansas-based trio Deflecting Ghosts, is messy in the best way. You can feel the weight of it. Not just in the lyrics, but in the way the whole thing hangs together, barely, but still there. You get the sense this song lived in a notebook for a while. Maybe scratched on a napkin. Maybe left in a phone’s voice memo app until it couldn’t stay quiet anymore.
Luke Fitzgerald started Deflecting Ghosts after everything else fell apart. His last band folded. Life moved on. But songs stuck around. Slowly, they took shape, then his wife, Rhema, joined in on bass. Then Austin came through on drums. Now it’s a real band. A tight one.
Credit: SheFitz Productions
“Broken” feels like a sigh you’ve been holding. Like one of those moments when things fall out of your mouth before your brain catches up. There’s no big crescendo. No shiny chorus. Just a steady build that hits a little harder every time you play it.
It’s rock, but not clean. There’s a DIY grit here that feels earned. You can hear every scrape and stumble. It’s the kind of song that’s more about honesty than hooks.
Deflecting Ghosts aren’t trying to be perfect. Just true. And right now, that might be enough.
It’s rock, but not clean. There’s a DIY grit here that feels earned. You can hear every scrape and stumble. It’s the kind of song that’s more about honesty than hooks.
Deflecting Ghosts aren’t trying to be perfect. Just true. And right now, that might be enough.