Gaze is Ghost is the pseudonym of Northern Irish musician Laura McGarrigle. McGarrigle is a classically trained composer whose work draws on an eclectic mix of influences. Her music is highly evocative and cinematic in scope, combining both acoustic and electronic elements. Her music has been played extensively on RTE Radio 1 and BBC Radio and she has supported acts such as Kathryn Joseph, Karine Polwart, Joan as Policewoman and James Yorkston. She is currently working on her third album which will be released November 2025. She lives in the East Coast of Scotland.
Under the Radar
Overblown
"'In Parentheses' is a piano ballad of real beauty, in which some exceptional synth and string augmentations serve to emphasize the power of the lyrics and vocal performance."
"Like a ghost her music is ethereal, otherworldly and, dare I say, somewhat supernatural. Her debut album Plume, released last year, is a graceful and, frankly, beautiful meditation evident of a musician operating as sculptor. Each song feels carefully and deliberately constructed, but retains a feeling of earnest and spontaneous emotion."
Drunken Werewolf
"McGarrigle drenches her music in otherworldly vocals and a synth that would rock Chelsea Wolfe fans into a gentle but welcomed stupor... beckoning, at times morbid, but almost always transfixing, new single 'Revolvere' will send goosebumps down your spine within the first ten seconds."
Nialler9
“Revolvere’ is an orchestral beauty with electronic undercurrents reminscent of Julia Holter inexecution while ‘Murmuration’ is a piano ballad with McGarrigle’s vocals lifting the tune abovethe norm.”
The Quietus
Chord Blossom
‘Selkie Skin’ is her first release since 'Feather and Bone' and it doesn’t disappoint. Drawing fromthe seagoing Celtic mythological creature the track is a beautiful and enthralling piece of musicbuilt on initially quiet and sombre but slowly rising piano and Northern Irish born, Edinburghliving Laura McGarrigle’s delicate vocals. The wash of harmonies, percussion and guitarfeedback that fall around the song’s backbone heighten the song’s mystical atmosphere.'
"McGarrigle's compositions are elegant yet complex, her tender yet pointed vocals glide through valleys of melody and percussion... Without any need for grand gestures, 'Lapis Cobalt Indigo Blue''s gorgeous songs linger on in the mind"