Back in February, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Vera Sola released Peacemaker — one of our most anticipated Canadian albums of 2024. Now, she's back with a collection of reimagined songs from the record, led by previously unreleased title track "The Ghostmaster's Daughter." (Perhaps a light homage to her ghost-busting dad Dan Akyroyd?)
"This is a song that originally was set to be on my most recent album, Peacemaker, but didn't fit sonically or thematically," Sola explained in a statement. "Since the record release, however, it's become a favourite to play. I've also received countless requests for where to find it. Here is the answer: I re-recorded it following the first leg of the tour, and offer it up as just my voice and guitar, as close to what you'd hear from me on stage as possible."
She continued, "In brief, it's a love story staged across lifetimes — which at its core touches upon the possibility of transformation and transcendence. The end of a romance doesn't have to mean the end of love. All that ends offers a chance at a beginning. Along with it is to come a handful of reimagined tracks from the full Peacemaker LP. Reimagined might not be the right word. Remembered is more like it; as I wanted to present what these songs were like when I wrote them initially."
New versions of "The Line" and "Waiting (for You)" feature guest appearances from Marissa Nadler and the Milk Carton Kids, respectively. The full The Ghostmaster's Daughter EP is set for release on November 15 through City Slang, and you can listen to the hauntingly hypnotic title track below.
The Ghostmaster's Daughter:
1. The Ghostmaster's Daughter
2. The Line (Redux) [feat. Marissa Nadler]
3. Hands (Redux)
4. Get Wise (Redux)
5. Waiting (for You) [feat. the Milk Carton Kids]