Few artists capture vulnerability quite like Ghostly Kisses. The Quebec City-based dream-pop project of Margaux Sauvé and Louis-Étienne Santais has built a devoted following through its ability to transform intimate emotions into immersive sonic landscapes. Now, the duo is preparing to open a new chapter with Across the Pond, a forthcoming album set for release on August 12. Following the acclaimed Darkroom in 2024, an album inspired by anonymous letters submitted by fans around the world, Ghostly Kisses is shifting the focus inward. This time, the stories come from within.
At its core, Across the Pond is an album about distance.
Not only the physical distances created by travel and geography, but also the emotional and existential gaps that emerge throughout life. Written over years spent touring, traveling, and performing across continents, the record reflects on separation in all its forms: from loved ones, from past versions of ourselves, and from the futures we once imagined.
The album's title serves as both a literal and symbolic thread running through the project. Oceans become metaphors for longing, memory, change, and the invisible spaces that connect and divide people at the same time.
Yet despite its themes of estrangement and impermanence, Across the Pond is ultimately an album about connection.
As Ghostly Kisses' world expanded through movement and new experiences, the songs began exploring an opposite desire: the search for stability, belonging, and home. The record embraces life's contradictions, balancing feelings of uncertainty with moments of tenderness, hope, and emotional clarity.
Musically, the duo continues to refine the sound that has become their signature. Delicate melodies intertwine with understated electronic textures, cinematic arrangements, and poetic songwriting, creating an atmosphere that feels both intimate and expansive. Every song unfolds with a quiet elegance, allowing emotions to resonate long after the music fades.
The focus track, Devotion, offers an early glimpse into the album's emotional landscape. Characterized by Ghostly Kisses' trademark ethereal production and introspective lyricism, the song explores the complexities of attachment and commitment while showcasing the project's ability to communicate profound emotions through subtle gestures.
Over the years, Ghostly Kisses has carved out a unique space within the indie and dream-pop worlds. Led by the haunting vocals of Margaux Sauvé and the nuanced production of Louis-Étienne Santais, the project has become known for creating music that feels deeply personal while remaining universally relatable.
With Across the Pond, that artistic vision appears more focused than ever.
Rather than offering easy answers, the album sits comfortably within life's uncertainties, exploring what it means to love, to grow, to leave, and to return. It is a record that finds beauty in vulnerability and meaning in the spaces between people, places, and memories.
When Across the Pond arrives on August 12, listeners can expect Ghostly Kisses at its most introspective, cinematic, and emotionally resonant, a journey across oceans, both real and imagined, guided by a band that continues to transform fragility into something profoundly moving.
