The three songs on Ghosthouse show the incisiveness that Greenberg and Berdan
now have at their command. The title track addresses the feeling of lying awake at
night and wondering if it's still possible to make peace with an estranged friend
after their death. "Waiting Period," a riff on the Hubert Selby Jr. novel of the same name, is the internal dialogue of a man waiting for his handgun application to
clear so he can kill himself. The "Symptom of the Universe" cover pays mostly
faithful homage to Black Sabbath, but trades the original's "summer skies of
love" for something far bleaker. These tracks reveal the incredible range that's
possible within the Uniform musical template, and they provide a fascinating
glimpse of what's to come.
