{"product_id":"hour-ghost-bridge","title":"Hour: Ghost Bridge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"full\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C3YIeZs4YNk?si=I-kw_HIc50EJm5wP\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title of \u003cem\u003eGhost Bridge\u003c\/em\u003e, the East-Coast-spanning chamber ensemble Hour’s fifth record, is less metaphorical than one might expect. Bandleader Michael Cormier-O’Leary repurposed it from an unrealised movie concept about a bridge that inexplicably starts disappearing. On the nearly-ten-minute title track of this richly imaginative suite of songs — written for a 13-piece ensemble that includes woodwinds, strings, and vibraphone as well as a rock rhythm section — Hour conjures up this central image with spectral string harmonics and free-time percussion gestures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile writing the keyboard pieces that became the takeoff point for the album, Cormier-O’Leary also found himself reflecting on the loss of loved ones or even his own mortality. The six kaleidoscopic instrumental pieces on \u003cem\u003eGhost Bridge\u003c\/em\u003e, though, feel more cosmically inquisitive than straightforwardly elegiac, sketching a progression from existential doubt toward understanding and acceptance. \u003cem\u003eGhost Bridge\u003c\/em\u003e forms a contrast with Hour’s art-rock-informed, more improvisatory early releases, representing a step further into intricate chamber orchestration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSo Long Without a World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePearls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCentralia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGhost Bridge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSky Is Blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonny\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Dear Life Records","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":54949199544666,"sku":"DLR069LP-1","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":54949199577434,"sku":"DLR069CD","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/files\/hour-ghost-bridge.jpg?v=1791626499","url":"https:\/\/freebirdrecords.com\/products\/hour-ghost-bridge","provider":"Freebird Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}