The Transits are back, and they’re kicking off 2025 with a banger. “Ghosts of Summer” the indie-pop-punk anthem that’ll have you cranking the volume and screaming along. This NZ-South African trio, despite being split across continents, somehow manages to sound tighter than most bands recording in the same room.
From the very first shimmering guitar notes, the track hypnotizes you before the drums crash in like a long-lost wave of teenage rebellion. The pulsing beat, fuzzy yet crisp guitar riffs, and that haunting melody hovering like—well—a ghost, make for an electrifying, almost cinematic experience.
Dom Antelme’s vocals glide effortlessly between brooding reflection and urgent emotion, soaring against the relentless, chasing riffs. The hook? Absolutely addictive. The chorus,
“What happened to you? What happened to me? We are living in a dream—The Ghosts of Summer,
hits like a bittersweet gut punch, dripping with both nostalgia and forward motion.
Lyrically, the song is a deep dive into self-reflection, those bittersweet echoes of past summers, past choices, past selves. The ghosts here aren’t the horror-movie kind, but the ones that surface in the quietude as shadows of who we used to be. It’s introspective, sure, but not in a self-indulgent way. Instead, it’s an invitation to confront your own ghosts, to move through the haze of memory and into something new.
And this is what The Transits do best, balancing light and dark, blending indie, punk, and synth-pop into something familiar yet fresh, cinematic yet raw. If “Ghosts of Summer” is any indication, their upcoming releases are going to be impossible to ignore.
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Review by: Naomi Joan