I spent many years in the South West of England, one county away from Cornwall, which is where Holiday Ghosts hail from. It is a place often linked with magic (King Arthur and all that) and it seems fitting for the folksy (dare I say gothic-y?) indiepop the band makes. “Yesterday I looked for the darkest patch in the river / It asked me, ‘What would you do for gold?’” That’s from Shoot for Peace, which was one of my favourite songs from 2024, the year it came out on the Coat of Arms album. I still love it in 2026.