AKA PrimeTimeโs new single โLiving With Ghostsโ, out October 24, 2025, arrives like a steady, emotional tremor under the floorboards, unafraid to show the cracks. After years spent touring the world as a guitarist for Beth Ditto, Kelly Appleton found her life suddenly uprooted, pushed back to the UK and stripped of the musical world sheโd built. That disorientation sits at the heart of this track, where identity feels like shifting sand and the past presses in like a shadow you canโt outrun. With Chloe Foy lending her unmistakably haunting vocals, the song threads introspection through a lush alt-pop landscape shaped by influences such as St. Vincent, Warpaint, and Christine and the Queens.
The production, handled fully by Appleton, leans cinematic and reflects the grief, resilience, and the strange limbo of rediscovering yourself after everything familiar collapses. Mixed by Barny Barnicott and mastered at AIR Studios, the track carries that unmistakable polish of seasoned hands while still keeping its heart raw and searching.
Musically, โLiving With Ghostsโ starts with a soft, looping indie-disco pulseโslow, deliberate, and rhythmic, like footsteps through a dark hallway. The beat hits hard but unhurried, setting up a steady groove while Appletonโs guitar riffs weave in gently, like theyโre testing the air. When Chloe Foy enters, her voice feels cautious, tender, as if sheโs navigating emotional debris. She sings with pain in her voice as the guitars shimmer lightly around her, riffs melting into atmospheric textures that rise and fall like breath. As the track unfolds, layers bloom with haunting harmonies, widening synth echoes, and guitar lines that start soft but sharpen just enough to cut through the fog.
By the final stretch, the song settles into the fragile and resilient, because when the past refuses to leave, the only way forward is to walk with it until it loses its power. โLiving With Ghostsโ is AKA PrimeTimeโs most vulnerable and striking release yet. So check it out on Spotify.
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Review by: Naomi Joan