3 Songs is the second “illicit crate” of music made by Matthew Corrigan for the Ghostking is Dead project since his release of Fever Dreaming in February 2020, each with its own unique sonic identity. Following the manic CONSORTIUM, 3 Songs is the complete opposite; Corrigan, his guitar, and nothing else.

Recorded carefully with layered takes and the occasional echoing harmony, this crate channels the work of Mount Eerie, Peter Silberman or any following Ireland’s tradition of songwriters.

“he says that he’ll take it no longer, says he couldn’t be stronger, he tells me that he’s gone, in the gap between songs; says that we’ll see, but we both agree that this day would come, just thought it would be fun, more fun than this...”

The songwriting shines in the dimmer light; some of his most direct work, reckoning with his reflection not just in the harmonies and production but in the stories he's telling from both sides of the mirror.

“he stops all of a sudden, and then slower than before, to face me all so solemn and ask me am I sure, about the path that we've been walking; I tell him with a smile, that this path has been a circle for the last one hundred miles. It would break your heart to see the heartbreak in his eyes, but broken now he's ready to walk under clear skies...”

Ghostking is Dead's low-key releases to end the year; 3 Songs, CONSORTIUM, and the North Kerry Remixes of Birdsong, reveal pieces found on the way to bigger, more polished and methodical takes on his unique style in 2021.

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