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CMU Approved
Approved: Tomorrow’s Ghosts
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 1 October 2020
Musician Mikey Ferguson – once of previously approved band Letters – launched his new project, Tomorrow’s Ghosts, earlier this year with a single of the same name. With a dark pop sound, he draws on deeply personal experiences and converts them into something cathartic and ultimately positive.
New single ‘Call Me Ishmael’ builds on the purely electronic sound of the previous release, adding guitars and live drums into the mix. It also sees him courageously confront a particularly difficult time in his life.
“‘Call Me Ishmael’ is about a period of time I spent in a mental health hospital as a patient, dealing with various forms of depression and loss”, he explains. “Checking in there was the scariest thing I’ve ever done and I believed, at first, that I didn’t belong in a place like that”.
“That changed quickly after finding solace in the company of others”, he goes on. “I wasn’t different to, better or worse than anyone else in there. That’s where the title and the last verse in the song come from – as well as the obvious literary reference. The name on my hospital door belonged there as much as those of my neighbours. I needed to get better”.
Watch the video for ‘Call Me Ishmael’ here:
